The villains' opera
By: Nick Dear ; after The beggar's opera by John Gay
Contributors: Gay, John, 1685-1732
Series: Faber plays; Faber plays
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 165
Description: In this dynamic new piece, Nick Dear has updated John Gay's groundbreaking work to a contemporary London teeming with petty thieves, gangland hoods, homeless runaways and bent coppers.