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THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
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[Contents] (list added by transcriber) [List of Plates] [Claud Lovat Fraser] by John Drinkwater [Note on the Scene and Costumes] [Cast of Characters] Act I [ Scene I]: Peachum’s House Airs I–XVIII Act II [ Scene I]: A Tavern near Newgate Airs XIX–XXIV [ Scene II]: Newgate Airs XXV–XXXVIII [ Scene III]: The Same Air XXXIX Act III [ Scene I]: Newgate Airs XL–XLII [ Scene II]: A Gaming-House Air XLIII [ Scene III]: Peachum’s Lock Airs XLIV, XLV [ Scene IV]: Newgate Airs XLVI–LVI [ Scene V]: The Condemn’d Hold Airs LVII–LXVII |
To J. G. and to G. L. F., without whom I should have been powerless, do I dedicate my share in this book. C. L. F.
Note.—The Text here given is taken from the edition of 1765. The scenes have been re-numbered in the modern method denoting actual changes of place or intervals of time.