books.google.com - The Beggar's Opera, often referred to today as the first musical comedy, was the most popular dramatic piece of the eighteenth century - and is the work that John Gay (1685-1732) is best remembered for having written. That association of popular music and satiric lyrics has proved to be continuingly...http://books.google.com/books/about/John_Gay_and_the_London_theatre.html?id=NVZwbn43YyYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareJohn Gay and the London theatre
