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John Gayâs The Beggarâs Opera 1728-2004
Adaptations and Re-Writings
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When Richard Steele remarked that the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at, he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The Beggar's Opera, with its mixture of witty dialogue and popular songs, was imitated by 18th century writers, criticized by those on the seats of power, but remained a favourite of the English theatre public ever since.
With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ãpera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage.
Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage.
With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ãpera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage.
Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage.
Uwe Böker has been Professor of English Literature at the Technische Universität Dresden till his retirement in 2006. His fields of research include the history of genres, the relationship between crime and literature as well as the history of publishing and bookselling.
Ines Detmers is currently doing research on contemporary British womenâs poetry, narratology, and the theory of genre, teaching English literature at the Technische Universität; she is also affiliated with the GieÃener Graduierten Kolleg (GGK).
Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos received her Ph.D. from Dresden in 2000 with a dissertation on American Literature in the GDR. She now teaches at the Dresden English Department. Her main areas of research are censorship (eighteenth and twentieth centuries), with a special focus on the public sphere, legal culture and literature.
Ines Detmers is currently doing research on contemporary British womenâs poetry, narratology, and the theory of genre, teaching English literature at the Technische Universität; she is also affiliated with the GieÃener Graduierten Kolleg (GGK).
Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos received her Ph.D. from Dresden in 2000 with a dissertation on American Literature in the GDR. She now teaches at the Dresden English Department. Her main areas of research are censorship (eighteenth and twentieth centuries), with a special focus on the public sphere, legal culture and literature.
"Mit seiner ausgewogenen Mischung aus Analyse, soziokultureller Einbettung und Dramentheorie bietet der Band sowohl dem Anglisten als auch Theaterwissenschaftlern und interessierten Laien einen hervorragenden Einblick in Gays Stück und dessen Wirkung auf das Theater [â¦]" - in: Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert, Heft 2 (2008)
Calendar of Important Adaptations and Re-Writings 1920â2004
Uwe BÃKER, Ines DETMERS and Anna-Christina GIOVANOPOULOS: From Gay to Brecht and Beyond: Imitation and Re-Writing of The Beggarâs Opera â 1728 to 2004
Uwe BÃKER: John Gays The Beggarâs Opera und die sozialhistorischen Kontexte: Satire, Kriminalität, Ballade, Oper, Kommerzialisierung
Ian GALLAGHER: The Beggarâs Opera and its Criminal Law Context
Horst HÃHNE: Die Fortsetzung der Beggarâs Opera: Polly (1728)
Anna-Christina GIOVANOPOULOS: Robert Walpole und Jonathan Wild: Die satirischen Bezugspersonen von John Gays The Beggarâs Opera
Frank ENGELMANN: A Late Eighteenth-Century Ballad Opera and John Wilkes: The Bow-Street Opera (1773)
Klaus SCHUHMACHER: Ekstasen der Sachlichkeit: Zur Dreigroschenoper (1928) von Bertolt Brecht und Kurt Weill
Uwe BÃKER: John Gays The Beggarâs Opera und Václav Havels Zebrácká opera (1975)
Wumi RAJI: Opera Wonyosi (1977): Strategies of a Postcolonial Response to a Western Operatic Drama
Kathrin SARTINGEN: Rewriting als produktive Differenz: Chico Buarque de Hollandas Ãpera do Malandro (1978) als brasilianische Wiederkehr von John Gays The Beggarâs Opera
Christoph Oliver MAYER: Italiens SpaÃmacher schlägt wieder zu: Dario Fos Lâopera dello sghignazzo (1981) als provokatives Rewriting der Bettleroper
Anja MÃLLER: Alan Ayckbournâs Beggarâs Opera as A Chorus of Disapproval (1984)
Contributors
Uwe BÃKER, Ines DETMERS and Anna-Christina GIOVANOPOULOS: From Gay to Brecht and Beyond: Imitation and Re-Writing of The Beggarâs Opera â 1728 to 2004
Uwe BÃKER: John Gays The Beggarâs Opera und die sozialhistorischen Kontexte: Satire, Kriminalität, Ballade, Oper, Kommerzialisierung
Ian GALLAGHER: The Beggarâs Opera and its Criminal Law Context
Horst HÃHNE: Die Fortsetzung der Beggarâs Opera: Polly (1728)
Anna-Christina GIOVANOPOULOS: Robert Walpole und Jonathan Wild: Die satirischen Bezugspersonen von John Gays The Beggarâs Opera
Frank ENGELMANN: A Late Eighteenth-Century Ballad Opera and John Wilkes: The Bow-Street Opera (1773)
Klaus SCHUHMACHER: Ekstasen der Sachlichkeit: Zur Dreigroschenoper (1928) von Bertolt Brecht und Kurt Weill
Uwe BÃKER: John Gays The Beggarâs Opera und Václav Havels Zebrácká opera (1975)
Wumi RAJI: Opera Wonyosi (1977): Strategies of a Postcolonial Response to a Western Operatic Drama
Kathrin SARTINGEN: Rewriting als produktive Differenz: Chico Buarque de Hollandas Ãpera do Malandro (1978) als brasilianische Wiederkehr von John Gays The Beggarâs Opera
Christoph Oliver MAYER: Italiens SpaÃmacher schlägt wieder zu: Dario Fos Lâopera dello sghignazzo (1981) als provokatives Rewriting der Bettleroper
Anja MÃLLER: Alan Ayckbournâs Beggarâs Opera as A Chorus of Disapproval (1984)
Contributors