Talk:The Beggar's Opera

message: i am in favour of making a separate article for the film. - Kleinzach 20:43, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Separate article for the film

message: Mac was a highwayman, and one of the most popular hangouts for such men was Blackheath, a suburb of London. The place must have been an inspiration for the character, but I wouldn't want to add that into the article without the proper citation, as it'd be OR.
Note: also posted on Talk:The Threepenny Opera. -- Cielomobile talk / contribs 07:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, James MacLaine was a notorious highwayman of the time. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. I wish there was a source for linking the two, but it is not all that important, I suppose. -- Cielomobile talk / contribs 23:51, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Added--217.155.32.221 (talk) 13:25, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Inspiration for the name Macheath?

message: Can we explain in what way this is a satire on Walpole and the Whigs ? -- Beardo 14:29, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Satire 

message: Someone added a whole lot of unreferenced info to the article.  If you cannot reference this information (see WP:RS it must be deleted.  Where does this information come from?  I tried to clean up the grammar and remove some of the hyperbole at least, but I have no idea if the new info is completely WP:OR.  It also needs to be wikified. -- Ssilvers 15:50, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Original Research?

message: I know this sounds dumb, but why dont we add the band called "beggars opera" for good measure. They got their name from the play.
:Is this band notable?  See WP:MUS.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:50, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, in the UK. Here's a fan site making notice of them. I'm not much of a wiki person, but I'm sure someone who would like to WOULD add this.   -- Dwo shwoom (talk) 10:41, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The band... 

message: It was said that the play's success "made Gay rich, and Rich gay"... AnonMoos (talk) 13:37, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Famous saying at the time

message: The introduction to this section announces "a list of the most highly regarded 20th century arrangements ...". Yet the list ends with three 21st century productions, one of which is a future production announced for 2011: how can a production that has not even taken place yet be highly regarded? Moreover, in my opinion announcements of future productions belong on news-sites, not in an encyclopedia. Regards. Francesco Malipiero (talk) 16:31, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. While the introduction to that section is probably too narrow ("20th century arrangements"), each entry should at least have 1 one blue link or seriously top sources to satisfy a notion of notability. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:22, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adaptations 

message: 1.  Thomas Arne had a version (see 1759 under Stage Works in List of compositions by Thomas Arne) -- it should be under Adaptations.
2.  http://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=The%20Beggar%27s%20Opera&item_type=topic would seem to a duplicate of this page -- with the exception of the References at the end.  Which is copied from which?  It does mention Wikisource and Wikimedia Commons, but not Wikipedia.BlueIris2 (talk) 04:34, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: For #2, Revolvy is known mirror, and credits Wikipedia on the page ("Content from Wikipedia"). Kuru (talk) 16:14, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas Arne 

message: Surely it would be better to say it was "by" Gay with Pepusch as the composer (or arranger)? I know the convention is to give the main credit to the composer but that seems inappropriate in this case. Roryharrow (talk) 19:38, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know what the musicological terminology is, but the role of Pepusch in the Beggar's Opera was not remotely comparable to Mozart in a Mozart opera.  Pepusch was brought in to adapt melodies (written and chosen by others) to fit the particular performance needs of the Beggar's Opera, and to write them down in a rather simple form.  The only somewhat creative thing (and the only somewhat fully orchestrated music notation in the original publication) was the overture... AnonMoos (talk) 07:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "by"