Polly Peachum : the story of Lavinia Fenton and The Beggar's Opera / Charles E. Pearce.
| Author/creator | Pearce, Charles E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Blom, 1968. |
| Description | xvi, 382 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The inception of The Beggar's Opera -- What was Gay's intention? -- Eighteenth-century ballad singing -- Realism of The Beggar's Opera -- The blunders of biographers -- The music of The Beggar's Opera -- Eighteenth-century theatres -- The "first night" of The Beggar's Opera -- Hogarth and The Beggar's Opera -- Polly and her fellow players -- Other theatrical notabilities -- The "toast of the town" -- The penalties of popularity -- Puritanism up in arms -- The spite of a disappointed journalist -- The triumph of The Beggar's Opera -- Sidelights on eighteenth-century theatrical management -- A "gay lady" of the period -- Polly and the Powletts -- Colley Cibber's abortive rivalry of Gay -- A great lady's championship -- Rival Pollies -- The beggar's pantomime -- From coffee-house to coronet -- The curtain falls -- Famous Pollies -- Travesties of The Beggar's Opera -- From Madame Mara to Madame Vestris. |
| General note | Reprint of the 1913 edition. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 373-376) and index. |
| LCCN | 68021222 |