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It is one of the watershed plays in augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. The beggar s opera available for download and read online in other formats. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Polly peachum being the story of lavinia fenton duschess of bolton and the beggars opera by pearce, charles e.
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