. Devonshire Figuren und seltsame Ereignisse. gut bezahlt wird, und in der Lage zu widmen sich moreat Freizeitaktivitäten zu den Musen. Statt die, im Jahre 1727, er bot der Ort der Gentleman - usher zu einem Der theyoungest Prinzessinnen; ein Angebot, das, wie er angesehen, es beleidigend war. In einem Anfall von Groll, und inill - Humor mit dem Gerichtshof, schrieb er den BeggarsOpera als Satire auf die italienische Oper, dann warmlypatronized durch den Gerichtshof. Swift hatte Gay was ein altes beobachtet, hübsche sortof Sache ein Newgate pastoralen machen würde. Gay wasinclined den Vorschlag zu prüfen, doch danach hotin sein Groll agai

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. Devonshire characters and strange events. well paid, and able to devote himself moreat leisure to the Muses. Instead of which, in 1727, hewas offered the place of gentleman-usher to one of theyoungest princesses; an offer which, as he regarded, it was insulting to make. In a fit of resentment, and inill-humour with the Court, he wrote The BeggarsOpera as a satire on the Italian opera, then warmlypatronized by the Court. Swift had observed to Gay what an old, pretty sortof thing a Newgate pastoral would make. Gay wasinclined to consider the suggestion, but afterwards, hotin his resentment against the Court, turned the themeinto a comedy. He began The Beggars Opera, andmentioned it to Swift, but the Doctor did not much likethe project. As he carried it on, he showed what hehad written to him and to Pope, and they now and thengave him a correction or a word or two of advice ; butit was wholly of his own writing. When it was done, neither of them thought it would succeed. The playwas offered in 1727 to Cibber at Drury Lane, and was. THE BEGGARS OPERA 417 by him rejected with contempt. Congreve read it overand said, It will either take greatly or be damnedconfoundedly. The play was, however, accepted by Rich, and pro-duced at Lincolns Inn Fields Theatre. When broughton the stage on the first night, 29 January, 1727-8, Gays friends sat in great uncertainty of the event, till they were vastly encouraged by overhearing theDuke of Argyll, who sat in the next box, say: Itwill do—it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them 1When Polly Peachum sang her pathetic appeal to herparents— O ponder well, be not severe To save a wretched wife, For on the rope that hang^s my dear Depends poor Pollys life, and this, to the air of The Babes in the Wood, familiar to the entire audience from their nurseries, theeffect was magical. The audience broke into a roar ofapplause, and the success of the play was established. The plot of the piece was thin and poor, but thepeople were refreshed, and r

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