The Beggar's Opera

E4960
ballad opera stage work

The Beggar's Opera is an 18th-century ballad opera by John Gay that satirizes politics and high society through the lives of thieves and prostitutes in London.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
The Beggar's Opera canonical 26
The Beggar’s Opera 12
The Threepenny Opera 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballad opera ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
composer Johann Christoph Pepusch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
creator John Gay ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1728-01-29 ⓘ
genre ballad opera ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation 1920 film adaptation ⓘ
1953 film adaptation ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
various television adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter Lockit ⓘ
Mr. Peachum ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Lucy Lockit ⓘ
Macheath ⓘ
Polly Peachum ⓘ
hasPart Air "How happy could I be with either" ⓘ
Air "Let us take the road" ⓘ
Air "Over the hills and far away" ⓘ
hasSubject class inequality ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
crime ⓘ
law and justice ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
influenced The Beggar's Opera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Threepenny Opera
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
locationOfStory London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
narrativeFocus prostitutes ⓘ
thieves ⓘ
notableFor critique of Italian opera ⓘ
founding the ballad opera tradition ⓘ
originalNetwork Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre ⓘ
partOf 18th-century English theatre ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre ⓘ
publicationDate 1728 ⓘ
publisher John Watts ⓘ
satirizes Robert Walpole ⓘ
high society ⓘ
politics ⓘ
settingPeriod early 18th-century London ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
uses folk melodies ⓘ
parodied operatic arias ⓘ
popular tunes ⓘ
workPeriod 18th century ⓘ
yearOfFirstPerformance 1728 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gay → notableWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: John Gay
John Gay → notableWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
John Gay → wrote → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
John Gay → hasWorkAdaptedAs → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Threepenny Opera
The Beggar's Opera → influenced → The Beggar's Opera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Threepenny Opera
Alfred Drake → notableWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Augustan literature → notableWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London → relatedWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → notableProduction → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → notableProduction → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar's Opera (1728)
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → hasWorkPremiere → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Macheath → appearsIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Macheath → firstAppearanceWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Polly Peachum → appearsIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Polly Peachum → firstAppearance → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Lucy Lockit → appearsIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Lockit → appearsIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Lockit → firstAppearance → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Air "Over the hills and far away" → usedIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: "Over the hills and far away" (air)
Air "Over the hills and far away" → partOf → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: "Over the hills and far away" (air)
Air "Over the hills and far away" → firstPerformanceInWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: "Over the hills and far away" (air)
Air "Let us take the road" → partOf → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Air "Let us take the road" → firstPerformanceInWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Air "Let us take the road" → partOfAct → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act I of The Beggar's Opera
Air "Let us take the road" → associatedWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar's Opera by John Gay
Air "How happy could I be with either" → partOf → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Air "How happy could I be with either" → originalWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Polly → follows → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Polly → isSequelTo → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Polly → partOfSeries → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar's Opera series
Polly → relatedWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Polly → isSequelInLiterature → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Mr. Peachum → appearsIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Mr. Peachum → characterIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Mr. Peachum → firstAppearance → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
Johann Christoph Pepusch → notableWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera → basedOn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
The Threepenny Opera → influencedBy → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Duchess of Queensberry → supportedWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
Trivia → relatedWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Ballad of Sexual Dependency → basedOn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Pepusch → notableWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
subject surface form: Johann Christoph Pepusch
this entity surface form: The Beggar's Opera (arrangement)
Mrs. Peachum → appearsIn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Mrs. Peachum → firstAppearance → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
Nick Dear → wroteAdaptationOf → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay
Roger K. Furse → workedOn → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar's Opera (1953 film)
Dorothy Tutin → notableWork → The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Beggar’s Opera