(1685-1732) English poet and dramatist. He wrote Trivia 1716, a verse picture of 18th-century London. His The Beggar’s Opera 1728, a “Newgate pastoral” using traditional songs and telling of the love of Polly for highwayman Captain Macheath, was an extraordinarily popular success. Its satiric political touches led to the banning of Polly, a sequel.
He was a friend of the writers Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot. + prikaži više