Joncus, Berta and Rogers, Vanessa L.. 2011. Beyond 'The Beggar’s Opera': John Rich and English Ballad Opera. In: Berta Joncus and Jeremy Barlow, eds. 'The Stage’s Glory’: John Rich (1692-1761). Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, pp. 184-204. ISBN 9781611490329 [Book Section]

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This chapter outlines the signiicance of ballad opera in the career of John Rich. John Rich helped father the genre, agreeing to mount John Gay's Beggar's Opera after Drury Lane rejected this work. Thereafter, however, Rich was unable to maintain his hold over the ballad opera market, despite the popularity of the Beggar's Opera. This was not for want of ingenious experiements, which inlcluded his continued support of John Gay, and crafting a second ballad opera, The Cobler's Opear, around the staf of the Beggar's Opera, Lavinia Fention.

Item Type:	Book Section
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Music
Dates:	Date Event May 2011 Published
Item ID:	5664
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2011 07:53
Last Modified:	19 Apr 2016 16:31
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/5664

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