Park theatre, LondonLondon 2012 is the setting for an exuberant update of The Beggar's Opera, featuring greedy mayors, pavement dissenters and an investment of lyrical witJohn Gay's The Beggar's Opera has spawned plenty of imitators, including Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera, shortly to be seen at the National Theatre in a new version by Simon Stephens. The latest is from Dougal Irvine, a composer (Departure …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44PM on May 5, 2016