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The Beggar's Opera

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

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Scene 7. Newgate.

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Air XXXVI.—Irish Trot.

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Scene 1 Scene, Newgate.

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Scene 4, A Gaming-House.

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Scene 5, Peachum's Lock.

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Air XLIX.— O Bessy Bell.

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Air LII.—The last time I went o'er the Moor.

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Scene 13. The Condemn'd Hold

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Air LXVII.—All you that must take a Leap, &c.

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A Bibliography for Students of John Gay's Life, Work, and Influence

A Selection of Useful Works:

Recent scholarship (with acknowledgement to the MLA CD-ROM):

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THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.

Written by Mr. GAY

Nos haec novimus esse nihil.

Mart.