"I toyed with them and drank about and sung 'Youth's the Season' from The Beggar's Opera and thought myself Captain Macheath; and then I solaced my existence with them, one after the other ...

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In the transition from the Adams House Dining Hall to the Loeb Main Stage, The Beggar's Opera both gained and lost something, which means it's still a great show. It should be great, for it has to ...

At its London premiere in 1728, John Gay's rollicking Beggar's Opera caused a sensation. Lampooning the politics and public morality of the day, it became an instant hit.