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The Beggar's Opera [1] is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today.
Website www .beggarsopera .co .uk Beggars Opera was a Scottish progressive rock band from Glasgow , Scotland , formed in 1969 by guitarist Ricky Gardiner (born 31 August 1948, Edinburgh , Scotland), vocalist Martin Griffiths (born 8 October 1949, Newcastle upon Tyne), and bassist Marshall Erskine (bass/flute).
The Beggar's Opera is a 1953 British historical musical film, a Technicolor adaptation of John Gay's 1728 ballad opera of the same name. The film, directed by Peter Brook in his feature film debut , stars Laurence Olivier (in his sole musical), Hugh Griffith , Dorothy Tutin , Stanley Holloway , Daphne Anderson and Athene Seyler .
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Variously classified as symphonic rock, progressive rock or proto-progressive rock, Beggars Opera's debut album has been compared to (and sometimes described as "derivative of") works by The Nice and Deep Purple MK I.
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Beggars Opera. Ricky Gardiner - lead guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar; Martin Griffiths - lead vocal, cow bell; Alan Park - organ, piano; Gordon Sellar - bass and acoustic guitar, vocals; Virginia Scott - Mellotron, vocals; Raymond Wilson - percussion; with: Marshall Erskine - bass, flute on "Festival" Barry Ainsworth, Martin Birch - engineers
Gardiner joined his first band, the Vostoks, at school in 1962. Next there were the Kingbees and the System, with whom he formed Beggars Opera in 1969. He played in his own outfit with this band, Beggars Opera, and also with friends David Bowie and Iggy Pop. For Bowie he played lead guitar on the 1977 album Low. [1]