{"product_id":"the-convicts-opera","title":"Stephen Jeffreys: The Convict's Opera [2008] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen Jeffreys'\u003cem\u003e The Convict's Opera\u003c\/em\u003e reimagines the world's first ever musical, \u003cem\u003eThe Beggar's Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, as a performance on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo pass the time on their journey to Australia, the convicts put on John Gay's musical satire, \u003cem\u003eThe Beggar's Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, introducing us to treacherous highwayman MacHeath and sweet Polly Peachum as they juggle love and deceit in the dirty underbelly of eighteenth-century London. It's a world the convicts have left far behind, and will probably never see again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Convict's Opera\u003c\/em\u003e was first performed by Out of Joint and Sydney Theatre Company at Sydney Theatre in 2008, followed by a UK tour in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeffreys, Stephen","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47924981891411,"sku":"XG81848420151","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/jeffreys-stephen-the-convict-s-opera-xg81848420151-55239503610195.jpg?v=1726320019","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-convicts-opera","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}