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The Beggar's Opera
Written by Mr. GAY
by
John Gay
Nos hœc novimus esse nihil.
Mart.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
MEN
Mr. Peachum.
Lockit.
Macheath.
Filch.
Jemmy Twitcher, }
Crook-Finger'd Jack, }
Wat Dreary, }
Robin of Bagshot, }
Nimming Ned, } Macheath's Gang.
Harry Padington, }
Mat of the Mint, }
Ben Budge, }
Beggar.
Player.
WOMEN
Mrs. Peachum.
Polly Peachum.
Lucy Lockit.
Diana Trapes.
Mrs. Coaxer, }
Dolly Trull, }
Mrs. Vixen, }
Betty Doxy, } Women of the Town.
Jenny Diver, }
Mrs. Slammekin, }
Sukey Tawdrey, }
Molly Brazen, }
INTRODUCTION.
BEGGAR, PLAYER
If Poverty be a Title to Poetry, I am sure nobody can dispute mine. I own myself of the Company of Beggars; and I make one at their Weekly Festivals at St. Giles's
. I have a small Yearly Salary for my Catches
, and am welcome to a Dinner there whenever I please, which is more than most Poets can say.
As we live by the Muses, it is but a Gratitude in us to encourage Poetical Merit wherever we find it. The Muses, contrary to all other Ladies, pa . . .
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