The Beggar's Opera
by Vaclav Havel
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In this satiric reworking of the 18th-century drama, Vaclav Havel, who became President of Czechoslovakia in 1989 and President of the Czech Republic in 1992, sends a pointed political message. An introduction helps illuminate his themes and explains the events surrounding the Czech theatrical debut of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA in 1976, which involved the secret police.
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Cornell Univ Pr |
Date 2001 |
Price $4.16 |
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Publisher Notes
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA is a free-wheeling, highly politicized adaptation of John Gay's well-known eighteenth-century work of the same name. The play, reminiscent of Havel's earlier GARDEN PARTY and THE MEMORANDUM, is up to his best satirical standard. Like the Brecht/Weill THREEPENNY OPERA, Havel's play uses an underworld milieu to explore the intermingled themes of love, loyalty, and treachery.
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