The Beggar's Opera

William Hogarth; 1 ft. 11 17/64 in.x 2 ft. 6 in.; oil on canvas

Shakespearean extracts from "Edward Pudsey's booke", temp. Q. Elizabeth & K. James I. which include some from an unknown play by William Shakespeare [or rather from Chapman's "Blind beggar of Alexander"] Also a few unpublished records of the Shakespeare of Snitterfield and Wroxall preserved in the Public Record Office.

Mode of access: Internet.

"Polly Peachum"; the story of "Polly" and "The beggar's opera,"

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The beggar of Bethnal Green : a comedy in three acts, altered from The beggar's daughter of Bethnal Green /

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The beggar of Bethnal Green; a comedy in three acts, altered from The beggar's daughter of Bethnal Green.

Mode of access: Internet.

The True Lover's Fortune; or, the Beggar of the Pont des Arts.

Mode of access: Internet.

The beggar's opera /

Scene and costumes designed by C. Lovat Fraser.

Beggar and king /

The author has a hearing impairment.

An eighteenth century miscellany; the classics of the eighteenth century which typify and reveal an era: Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Gay...[and others]

Swift, Jonathan. The Drapier's letters.--Pope, Alexander. The Dunciad.--Gay, John. The beggar's opera.--Chesterfield, Earl of. Selected letters to his son.-- Sterne, Laurence. A sentimental journey through France and Italy.--Walpole, Horace. The castle of Otranto.--Sheridan, R. B. The school for scandal.--Gibbon, Edward. Memoirs of my life and writings.--Blake, William. Songs of innocence and songs of experience.

Russian folk-songs /

Song of the Volka boatmen - At daybreak -- Mazurka -- On the river -- In the steppe -- Fiddle and bass -- Balalaika -- In the canteen -- The beggar's song -- Song and chorus -- Complaint -- Happiness -- Song and dance -- Sea birds -- Bridesmaids' chorus.

The dramatic works of James Sheridan Knowles ...

v. 1. Caius Gracchus. Virginius. William Tell. Alfred the Great. The hunchback.--v. 2. The wife. The beggar of Bethnal Green. The daughter. The love-chase. Woman's wit.--v. 3. The maid of Mariendorpt. Love. John of Procida. Old maids. The rose of Arragon.

The Atlantic book of modern plays /

The Philosopher of Butterbiggens / Harold Chapin -- Spreading the news / Lady Gregory -- The Beggar and the King / Winthrop Parkhurst -- Tides / George Middleton -- Ile / Eugene O'neill -- Campbell of Kilmhor / J.A. Ferguson -- The sun / John Galsworthy -- The knave Hearts / Louise Saunders -- Fame and the poet / Lord Dunsany -- The captain of the gate / Beulah Marie Dix -- Gettysburg / Percy Mackaye -- Lonesome-Like / Harold Brighouse -- Riders of the sea / John Millington Synge -- The Land of Heart's Desire / William Butler Yeats -- The Riding to Lithend / Gordon Bottomley -- Night Watches / Allan Monkhouse -- Glory of the Morning / William Ellery Leonard -- Trifles / Susan Glaspell.

The quest of the face /

The face of Christ.--The immortal.--The changeless God.--The light.--A Russian beggar.--The student.--The shadow.--Alice.--Mathilde.--Serapion the Sindonite.--Simon on the pillar.

[Acted drama] /

Remarks by William Hazlitt and others.

The dramatic works of James Sheridan Knowles /

On spine: Sheridan Knowles' Dramatic Works.