PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
OPERA IN ENGLAND PRIOR TO THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
THE GENTLE SHEPHERD: THE FIRST BALLAD OPERA
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA: ITS CONCEPTION
JOHN GAY
THE PLOT AND CHARACTERS OF THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
THE MUSIC OF THE BEGGAR’S OPERA AND ITS SOURCES
POLLY : THE SEQUEL TO THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
THE PUBLICATION OF THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
PRODUCTION AND CRITICISM
LATER BALLAD OPERAS
INDEX
