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'The world's first musical - and still one of the best - The Beggar's Opera is the raucous tale of ladies' man Macheath and sweet Polly Peachum juggling love and deceit in the dirty underbelly of 18th Century London.
'In [The Convict's Opera] writer Stephen Jeffreys and celebrated British director Max Stafford-Clark shift the setting to a creaking convict ship bound for Australia. To pass the time, a group of convicts put on an opera set in the world they've left far behind, and will probably never see again.'
Source: Sydney Theatre Company website, http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/
Sighted: 08/10/2008
Notes
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Adapted from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728).
Production Details
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First produced by the Sydney Theatre Company and Out of Joint, Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay, 6 October - 25 October 2008. Director: Max Stafford-Clark.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Con Artists at Work
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 October 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of The Convict's Opera 2008 single work musical theatre -
Rough Round the Bawdy Edges
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 October 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of The Convict's Opera 2008 single work musical theatre -
Transports of Convict Delight
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 October 2008; (p. 12-13)
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Rough Round the Bawdy Edges
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 October 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of The Convict's Opera 2008 single work musical theatre -
Con Artists at Work
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 12 October 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of The Convict's Opera 2008 single work musical theatre -
Transports of Convict Delight
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 October 2008; (p. 12-13)
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