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The Beggars Opera [DVD]

The Beggars Opera [DVD]

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\\'The Beggars Opera [DVD] is a captivating adaptation of John Gay's classic 18th-century ballad opera, blending elements of drama, music, and satire. This production features a talented cast, including the acclaimed actor Laurence Olivier, who delivers a compelling performance as the roguish highwayman Captain Macheath. Directed by Peter Brook, the film explores themes of corruption, social inequality, and the blurred lines between respectability and criminality. Set against a backdrop of vibrant period costumes and lively musical numbers, The Beggars Opera offers a timeless critique of society's moral ambiguities, making it a must-watch for fans of historical drama and literary adaptations.\\'
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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.'The Beggars Opera [DVD] is a captivating adaptation of John Gay's classic 18th-century ballad opera, blending elements of drama, music, and satire. This production features a talented cast, including the acclaimed actor Laurence Olivier, who delivers a compelling performance as the roguish highwayman Captain Macheath. Directed by Peter Brook, the film explores themes of corruption, social inequality, and the blurred lines between respectability and criminality. Set against a backdrop of vibrant period costumes and lively musical numbers, The Beggars Opera offers a timeless critique of society's moral ambiguities, making it a must-watch for fans of historical drama and literary adaptations.'
Track Listing

Overture

Through All The Employments Of Life/This Woman That Seduces Mankind/If Any Wench Venus's Girdle Wear

If Love The Virgin's Heart Invade/A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore

Virgins Are Like The Fair Flower In Its Luster/Our Polly Is A Sad Slut

Can Love Be Controlled By Advice?/Oh Polly, You Might Have Toyed And Kissed/I, Like A Ship In Storms, Was Tossed

A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir/Oh, Ponder Well!

The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying

Pretty Polly, Say/My Heart, Was So Free/Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast

Oh What Pain Is It To Part

The Miser Thus A Shilling Sees

Tavern Ad. Lib.

Fill Every Glass/Let Us Take The Road

It The Heart Of A Man Is Depressed With Cares/Harp Background Music 'Polly'

Youth's The Season Made For Joy

Before The Barndoor Crowing/The Gamesters And Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike

At The Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure

Newgate Prison: 'Lockit!'

Man May Escape From Rope And Gun/Thus When A Good Housewife Sees A Rat/How Cruel Are The Traitors

The First Time At The Looking Glass/When You Censure The Age/Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir?

You'll Think, E'er Many Days Ensue/If You At An Office Solicit Your Due

Thus When The Swallow, Seeking Prey/How Happy Could I Be With Either/I'm Bubbled

Cease Your Funning/Why How Now, Madam Flirt?

No Power On Earth Can E'er Divide

I Like The Fox Shall Grieve

Newgate: Outside Lockit's Room: 'To Be Sure, Wench'

When Young At The Bar You First Taught Me To Score/My Love Is All Madness And Folly/Thus Gamesters United In Friendship Are Found

The Modes Of The Court So Common Are Grown/What Gudgeons Are We Men/Ih The Days Of My Youth

I'm Like A Skiff On The Ocean Tossed/When A Wife's In Her Pout/A Curse Attends That Woman's Love/Among The Men, Coquets We Find

Come, Sweet Lass/Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes/Which Way Shall I Turn Me?

When My Hero In Court Appears/When He Holds Up His Hand Arraigned For His Life/Ourselves, Like The Great To Secure A Retreat/The Charge Is Prepared

Medley Of Traditional Airs: Oh Cruel, Cruel, Cruel Case!/Of All The Friends In Time Of Grief/Since I Must Swing/But Now Again My Spirits Sink/But Valour The Stronger Grows/If Thus A Man Can Die/So I Drink Of This Bumper/But Can I Leave My Pretty Hussies/Their Eyes, Their Lips, Their Busses/Sice Laws Were Made For Ev'ry Degree

Would I Might Be Hanged

Thus I Stand Like The Turk

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