Polly by Mr Gay-Being the Second Part of the Beggars Opera c1923

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Title: Polly
Author: Mr Gay
Publisher : William Heinemann
Publication 1923
Format: Hardback

Condition: Light blue boards with dark blue cloth spine. Lots of damage and part spine missing. Thick pages which are in quite a good condition with no ink or pencil marks. Some illustration plates and musical notation. In a fair condition only

Book measures: 25.5cm x 16cm with 107 pages

1 in stock

Description

Polly is a ballad opera with text by John Gay and music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is a sequel to Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera. Due to censorship, the opera was not performed in Gay’s lifetime. It had its world premiere on 19 June 1777 at the Haymarket Theatre in London

 

Additional information

Weight 1.25 kg