The beggar's opera , 1927
- Title(s):
- The beggar's opera / written by Mr. Gay ; to which is prefixed the musick to each song.
- Additional Title(s):
- Beggar's opera. Libretto. English.
- Published/Created:
- Garden City ; New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927.
Bungay, Suffolk : Richard Clay & Sons, Limited - Physical Description:
- xviii, 93, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsML50.7 .B4 1927Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13012614
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- With an appreciation of Claud Lovat Fraser, pages vii-x, by John Drinkwater.
Libretto by John Gay; includes unaccompanied melodies by Pepusch.
With six color plates by Claude Lovat Fraser based upon a production at The Lyric Theater, Hammersmith.
Printer's statement from page [94].
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's quarter black cloth and yellow boards, with printed labels. Autograph: John T. Quisenberry. 1928. - Subject Terms:
- Ballad operas -- Librettos.Ballad operas -- Librettos.Quisenberry, John T. -- Autograph.
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