Stephen Jeffreys' The Convict's Opera reimagines the world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, as a performance on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.
To pass the time on their journey to Australia, the convicts put on John Gay's musical satire, The Beggar's Opera, introducing us to treacherous highwayman MacHeath and sweet Polly Peachum as they juggle love and deceit in the dirty underbelly of eighteenth-century London. It's a world the convicts have left far behind, and will probably never see again.
The Convict's Opera was first performed by Out of Joint and Sydney Theatre Company at Sydney Theatre in 2008, followed by a UK tour in 2009.
| ISBN: | 9781848420151 |
| Publication date: | 3rd October 2008 |
| Author: | Stephen Jeffreys, John Gay |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 102 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
Stephen Jeffreys' The Convict's Opera reimagines the world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, as a performance on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.
To pass the time on their journey to Australia, the convicts put on John Gay's musical satire, The Beggar's Opera, introducing us to treacherous highwayman MacHeath and sweet Polly Peachum as they juggle love and deceit in the dirty underbelly of eighteenth-century London. It's a world the convicts have left far behind, and will probably never see again.
The Convict's Opera was first performed by Out of Joint and Sydney Theatre Company at Sydney Theatre in 2008, followed by a UK tour in 2009.
The Convict's Opera features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
The Convict's Opera is available in Paperback
The Convict's Opera was written by Stephen Jeffreys, John Gay and published by Nick Hern Books
The Convict's Opera has 102 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series