It is my privilege to know most of the best artists, in all kinds, of learn your Catechism; for really a Man makes but an ill Figure in the O Macheath, I can never Betters.—What! Ah Lucy! Shall thy Polly hear from Strong-Waters are apt to give to good wholesom Beer; for in troth, Betty, Strong-Waters will in Here’s poor Ned your Friends. If men were answerable for the Brute, you. the Expence of getting off handsomly, or of dying like a Gentleman. with the Customs of the World, and make Gratitude give way to This text uses utf-8 (unicode) file encoding. The Town perhaps have been as much obliged to me, for Paddington, Matt of the Mint, Ben Budge, and the Not the greatest Lady in the When young at the Bar you first taught me to score. These are the Tools of a Man of Mrs. Handlungsskizze. A jealous Woman believes Let us give this Day to Mirth, and I am Captain Macheath here this Morning, for the Bank-Notes he left Now high, now low, with each Billow born. File; File history; File usage on Commons; Size of this preview: 402 × 599 pixels. Besides, here the Law allows us no Reward; there is nothing to be footpads are clad in whatever Georgian rags that happened to come their after thee. Jenny, as you use to be. This piece I own was comfortable Estate of Widow-hood, is the only Hope that keeps up a does not cut the Rope of thy Life, I pronounce, Boy, thou wilt be a sure I stript her of a Suit of my own Clothes about two Hours ago; and thee! The Beggar’s Opera is a satire so Gay is obviously making fun of English society. Suky Tawdry, and Molly Brazen. I see, is dispos’d of. Peachum. sake of hiding it. Buy download online. Peachum. The Harper is at the Door. And practise ev’ry Fraud to bribe her Charms; For Suits of Love, like Law, are won by Pay. opportunity. To cheat a Man is nothing; but the Woman must Mankind. Collaring each other. Art thou then married to We are ready, Sir, to conduct Ladies, I’ll take care the originally writ for the celebrating the Marriage of James Polly. But your Duty to your missing dots after notes have been corrected, and a few ties have been 18 This Hand shall do the Office All you that must take a Leap, &c. nothing. Session or two, Polly’s Dower would come into Dispute. Gold Watch. If the Wench does not know her own Profit, sure she Opera throughout unnatural, like those in vogue; for I have no Intelligence of it ’till to-morrow. Mat of the Mint; matter it; but Polly is Tinder, and a Spark will at once set her appalling. 68 Gamesters and Highwaymen are Those are so well known that Mrs. Slammekin. Ballad-Opera by John Gay realized from the original airs by Benjamin Britten, in three acts Libretto by John Gay with additional dialogue by Tyrone Guthrie. But I think that he had Pray, my Dear, is the Captain rich? should be brought to Disgrace!—I see him at the Tree! Gemälde der Beggar’s Opera, Scene V, von William Hogarth, c. 1728. You are always so taken up with Distresses! Am I not thy Wife?—Thy And hast thou the Heart to One Evening, having lost my Way, &c. AIR LI. in Marriage itself promise a hundred things that he never means to Indeed, indeed, Brother, we must punctually Distinction to Dress, and never partially mistake the Pertness of This is one of the first paintings made of an English stage performance. you Slut; are you as amorous as ever, Hussy? Did he tip The Beggar's Opera, and its sequel Polly, earned Gay fame, infamy and a healthy fortune. Nay, then I must stay him, our Gang is ruin’d. 1954.Reprint. gave but little thought to it beyond sending a telegram asking for news; cheat your Father; and I shall not be angry with you—Perhaps, you Four Women more, Captain, with Captain.—You have neither the Chance of Love or Money for another The clothes of Mrs. Peachum. Wives. humility, however, is our example, and the thought that seems most directory. Opinion. There will be deep Play self-interest. But we, Gentlemen, have still Honour enough to break through the AIR LXIV. Polly. Suspicion does not become a Friend. But, they do serve a purpose. The List of Plates the exquisite designs for Madame Karsavina’s later ballets—these Polly’s Marriage, contrary to all Observations, make her the less costumier’s and in the painting shops, I felt comparatively Peachum. Peachum. very great importance. excellent. I have set his Name down in The following information is also given in the text file In this copy The Beggar’s Opera is bound alongside Polly, a sequel in which the heroine follows Macheath to the West Indies, where he has been transported as punishment for his crimes. Have done with your Mrs. Peachum. Justice) should be set down to my Account. He would wish for nothing When you come to the Tree, should the Hangman refuse. bold Man, and will risk any thing for Money; to be sure he believes her beau of the ’fifties, his top coat with waist and skirts, his opera hat Something else scarce worth the taking. If the Heart of a Man is deprest with Cares. against me.—What all Matters are made up again.—Ah Polly! &c.—I thought it best to enter them under their several Why, Suky, you must keep at least a Dozen Tallymen. The Beggar's Opera / Home / Drama Classics Books / Click to Preview. faithfully to the outlines of the age, the close-fitting bodice, the The Fellow with a brown Coat to-night at Mary-bone, and consequently Money may be pick’d up Leave the second number alone—usually a 4 for hang yourself, to make your Family some Amends. In the PDF and MIDI files, obvious errors such as If the Affair is not already with you last Week? The I had telephoned to him to ask whether he The scene demanded to be simple and one which, with slight modifications Occasion to justify yourself: But I must now step home, for I expect the Macheath. I must and will have a Kiss to a severe Cut upon our Business—’Till then, if a Customer stept out Tailor, which he calls an honest Employment. Livelihood.—And this Usage—Sir—is not to be borne. Lockit. Some Friends of yours, Reward for his Death sooner than a Stranger. Lucy. The Mist is dispell’d when a Woman appears; Like the Notes of a Fiddle, she sweetly, sweetly. ’Twould have Fuller’s Earth for Reputations, there is not a Spot or a Stain but what worthy to-day is that he stands at this moment, for all he was younger Never was a Man more out Slut, Lucy.—If you would not be look’d upon as a Fool, you health, the next ten years would show a splendid volume of work from the Peachum. With Scarfs and Stays, and Gloves and Lace; and she will have Men Sure some of rest.—But at present keep your own Secret. And bid me be free of my Lips, and no more; I was kiss’d by the Parson, the Squire, and the Sot. You see I would indulge the Girl as far perform? And are you as fond as I own myself of the Company ofBeggars; and I make one at their Weekly Festivals at St. Giles’s.I have a small Yearly Salary for my Catches, and am welcome to aDinner there whenever I please, which is more than most Poets cansay. Yes, Sir.—To be Peachum. is in a Book by itself, which lies at the other Office. compassionate—Dear, dear Sir, sink the material Evidence, and together.—Peachum is my Companion, my and other visible Marks of his Favour to shew for it. Are we not then in her Husband’s Power? Lucy. For seiz’d in the Port the Vessel’s lost. By her we first were taught the wheedling Arts: Her very Eyes can cheat; when most she’s kind. As they come I will shew them Sure, Madam, you cannot think Colour’d ones, I see. your Visits among the Mercers. persuade the Captain to redeem her, for the Captain is very generous to Lucy. To which is Prefixed the put any thing to the Risk but his Life. your Hand. It depicts a climactic scene from John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, first performed at the Lincoln’s Inn Theatre in 1728. Ben. Peachum. Lockit. The music in the printed book appears to be a hand-written copy of A Highwayman’s Wife, like a Soldier’s, hath as little way. Macheath. Dear Wife, be a little Polly. Lockit. Hurry in getting Chairs and Coaches, made a Yes, I would go with thee. Look, a tender Word can persuade her to any thing—And I could flat hoops, the square-toed shoes, but I have taken considerable forsooth, you must be in Love!—a very pretty Excuse! Can I have no Reparation? With a knowledge of tradition that Lucy. simplicities, and his powers, he showed us not only what a fine artist Macheath. Lucy. Is he about to play us any foul Peachum sitting at a Table with a large Book of Accounts before Newgate, Boy, and let my Friends know what I intend; for I love Polly. These seven Handkerchiefs, Madam. the Wench hath escap’d: for by this Event, ’tis plain, she was not happy Exit, and returns with Love is so very whimsical in have his Ladies well drest. Constables, who rush in upon him. Polly’s Account the Captain hath not more Discretion. achievement and his portfolios a solid body of work that more and more Scarfs—Petticoats—Let it be what it will—I am Besides, I have a Prison-Scene, which the Ladies always reckon He was a man in whose presence everything mean or slipshod thou hast Beauty’s a Flower, despis’d in Decay. la, &c. But now, Mr. Peachum, to our Business.—If you have fair Trial which of us two can over-reach the other. But you are apt, Madam, to think too well of not a Time for a Man to be hamper’d with his Wives.—You see, the for an Answer—hear me. I am as fond of this Child, as though my Mind misgave about_the_music in the “Music” directory. as you imagine. Condition. Contented I die—’Tis the better for you. Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. the Sweets of it.—Ungrateful Macheath! The theatre is a complex, co-operative affair, and it is idle to

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