Faber & Faber

The Villain's Opera: Nick Dear

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Synopsis:

Under cover of his South London pub, Peachum plies a successful trade in small-time scams. But his world is shattered when the charismatic villain, Macheath, not only plans to marry his daughter, Polly, but to move into a more dangerous level of activity. In Nick Dear's contemporary version of Gay's The Beggars' Opera, we are shown a modern London teeming with petty thieves, gangland hoods, corrupt politicians and bent coppers.

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Music, Stage & Screen

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London

Genres & Themes:

Families; Gangsters; Modern Britain; Violence