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• Beggar's Oil — Infobox Album | Name = Beggar s Oil Type = ep Artist = Kelly Joe Phelps Released = January 2002 Recorded = Genre = Blues, Folk blues Length = Label = Rykodisc Records Producer = George Howard Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5… …   Wikipedia

• beggar — beg|gar1 [ˈbegə US ər] n 1.) someone who lives by asking people for food and money ▪ the beggars on the streets 2.) lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like ▪ How s Dave? The lucky beggar s in the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• The Beggar's Opera — is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. 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. Ballad operas were satiric… …   Wikipedia

• The King and the Beggar-maid — King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, 1884, by Edward Burne Jones, currently hangs in the Tate Gallery, London. The King and the Beggar maid is a Medieval romance which tells the legend of the prince Cophetua and his unorthodox love for the beggar… …   Wikipedia

• Choosey Beggar — Single by The Miracles from the album Going to a Go Go A side Going to a Go Go Released December 1965 …   Wikipedia

• The Beggar's Opera — La ópera del vagabundo The Beggar s Opera Pintura basada en The Beggar s Opera, Escena V, William Hogarth, c. 1728. Forma ópera de baladas Actos y escenas …   Wikipedia Español

• The Beggar’s Opera — Werkdaten Originaltitel: The Beggar’s Opera Originalsprache: Englisch Musik: Johann Christoph Pepusch Libretto: John Gay …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• The Court Beggar — is a Caroline era stage play written by Richard Brome. It was most likely premiered in 1638, by the acting company known as Beeston s Boys at the Cockpit Theatre. The play is a satire of various aspects of the court of King Charles I. This satire …   Wikipedia

• The Blind Beggar of Alexandria — is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy written by George Chapman. It was the first of Chapman s plays to be produced on the stage; its success inaugurated his career as a dramatist.Performance and publicationThe play was acted by the Admiral… …   Wikipedia

• The Beggar's Opera — L Opéra du gueux Tableau de William Hogarth, vers 1728, tiré de The Beggar s Opera, scène V à la Tate Britain. The Beggar s Opera (L Opéra du gueux) est un ballad opera en trois actes, écrit en 1728 par John Gay, sur une musique de Johann… …   Wikipédia en Français