Influence of The Beggars Opera on Musical Theatre

Influence of The Beggars Opera on Musical Theatre Explore the ways in which The Beggars Opera influenced the development of musical theatre in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. What were the reasons for its continued popularity? Intro The Beggars opera is an outstanding piece of writing, which has for centuries been an inspiration of talent to musical theatre everywhere. John gays piece has led to the creation of many different productions, that shall be talked about in more depth throughout the essay. The 18th Century is the obvious place to start, with the first production being staged in 1728 on 28 January . This is also where John Gays marked his place in History as a great Ballad Opera writer. Ballad Opera was a new Style of musical theatre made huge by its humorous satire, which could be related to by all types and classes of people, because of its satire on Italian Operas and British prime minister Walpole at the time. The play in its new and unique group managed to relate to a mass amount of people who found the humorous play to be so true in its own exaggerated wayWhen given the question (Explore the ways in which The Beggars opera influenced the development of musical theatre in the eighteen and twentiet h centuries. What were the reasons for its continued popularity?) there were certain aspects of the ballad opera which I needed to understand before answering the question. The Production, adaptations of the play, the stylistic aspects, the construction, and its popularity within the two Centuries are some of the key aspects needed to answer the question. The beggars opera and Its low-life settings were Taken and used in pieces like The Cobblers Opera, which is set in Billingsgate. Charles Johnsons The Village Opera ( 1729 ) started a trend for more emotional and more rural subject, which contained little satire or wit. None of these two operas came close to the success of The Beggars Opera. This waspartly to do with the fact Gay had used most of the best songs in the public domain.(footnote)The popularity of The ballad opera caused a lot of serious difficulties for The composers and Italian opera houses at the time including composers such as Handel. When the obsession had died, there were still shorter pieces of the same style which came onto the scene and became popular afterpieces of the Big shows.(footnote) These pieces were written In the early 1760s, they were unoriginal pieces of ballad opera. One called Thomas and sally(1760) by Arne, and one called Love in a village(1772) also by Arne. These were considered unoriginal becaus e only 5 new songs were written for the opera and some were taken from his previous works. (footnote) Bibliography and More Information about ballad opera R. Fiske , English Theatre Music in the Eighteenth Century (London, 1973, 2/1986) Y. Noble (ed.), Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Beggars Opera (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1975) Percy Scholes / Nicholas Temperley Only The Beggars opera is the only one out of the pieces that kept its popularity. It was a huge milestone of the 20th century for musical theatre, was an adaptation (probably the most well known of all that have been done) of the The beggars opera, The Threepenny Opera. The piece was inspired by The beggars Opera in its social message, using some of the same characters and even one of the songs. Composer Kurt Weill and playwright Bertolt Brecht changed old-fashioned opera and operetta forms, an incorporateda political view and the sound of 1920s Berlin dance bands and cabaret into the play. Weills harmonies and Brechts writing created a completely new musical theatre that inspired some of the most well known hits such as Chicago and cabaret. Mack the Knife, is one of the most well know tunes of the century, this is the opening song to the play.(footnote) The first night of Three penny opera was August 31, 1928. No one knew what to expect from the night, but not long in and everyone began to shout and cheer. The show turned out to be a brilliant success and the popularity spread throughout Europe. This started something huge. After the Berlin premiere, 46 stage productions of the work was generated because of the popularity from audiences. 1931 brought a film version to its audience, the film was called Die 3-Groschenoper. This made a an international star out of weills wife, Lotte Lenya. The opera, by 1933 had already been produced 130 times all over the world. The play really took off after the war when there was a New York production at Theatre de lys, this production was off Broadway. It ran from 1954 to 1961 and the show did a total of 2707 performance and was the longest running play in history a the time. The Threepenny Opera is still entertaining audiences all over the world. There are three cinematic versions of the work, made in 1931, 1963, and 1988. the music and story of The Threepenny Opera as stayed irresistible to audiences everywhere as they were in 1928. This adaptation of the beggars opera as you can see has had significant inspiration on musical theatre, and had a lot on early popular music of the 20th century. In America, ballad opera began with the importation of an English work, Flora, or Hob in the Well, which was given at Charleston, South Carolina, in 1735. The first American performance of The Beggars Opera itself took place in New York in 1750. Thereafter all the most popular English comic operas were quickly imported, and, indeed, for long they formed the sole operatic entertainment in the English colonies and successor states, since Italian and French opera did not reach that part of America until the 1790s, and no serious attempt to promote Italian opera was made until 1825 . Many writers of the time were sticking to Italian Opera, which were very serious 1953 brought forward a new light on the ballad opera turning it into a film. The film priemered in London on the 5th of June 1953, film1985, Musical theatre before The beggars opera was very different. During the 17th Century there was a period called interregnum, unfortunately this had an effect on musical theatre and During this time theatrical performances were forbidden under the Puritan government. After this period and when the restoration was finally over, there was a lot of changes to society. There was a lot of positive effects on the countrys performing arts, and because of the financial developments the balance of social classes came together. Londoners started to appreciate newer forms of artistic expression. They welcomed teachers of Italian and French to the city, as well as the many Continental musicians who arrived and settled there. An era began where Italian style was put above all other types of entertainment. The Italian castrato was a male singer who was trained to sing with soprano or alto voice. The Italian Castrato became very popular(footnote) John gay took a lot of his inspiration for the The beggars opera Productions an adaptations of The beggars opera since 1728 have been everywhere. I have taken a look at some of these since its first performance to show how much of a success it was even 250 years on, the influence on musical theatre has shown in many different types of opera. When John Gay took his new ballad opera to the manager of the famous Drury lane theatre, Colley Cibber, gay was unfortunately turned away. The main reason for Colley Cibbers choice was not ignorance, it was a perception of its political satire that made him refuse. If maybe The beggars opera was a bit more obtuse there would have been a bigger chance of Cibber accepting. The fact that Cibber had a Personal friendship with British Prime minister Walpole would probably have also played a big part in Cibbers decision, as he could not of found Gays Humour remotely comical.[i]Not long after Gays disappointment with Colley Cibbers Decision, Gay approached John Rich, the manager of another successful theatre called Lincolns Inn Fields. John Rich decided to take a chance on Gays work, However John Rich had his doubts and probably would have dropped it after its rehearsals if it wasnt for Gays friends who pressured him into continuing with the balled opera.[ii] John rich was so right in takin g on the piece and the widespread popularity of Gays Ballad opera led Rich to build Covent Garden, which today is the most famous Opera house in London.[iii] Gays main source of inspiration for the 69 Songs (in the original score there were 68 songs, one was added later by third edition) in his ballad opera were taken from a collection of songs and ballads written by Thomas DUrfey. The verses he wrote were mostly written to folksongs and favourite melodies. The book was published in 1700 in a songbook entitled, Wit and Mirth or pills to purge melancholy. John Gay selected many songs from this collection of popular music and wrote his own lyrics, so that the lyrics fitted in with his opera. Gay also had other sources which he borrowed from such as his contemporary composers Eccles, Barrett, Purcell, Clarke, and Handel, as well as using tunes from English, Scotch, and Irish folksongs. The music in the ballad was collected and the arranged to fit. The chosen songs included a range of popular styles at the time, from jigs to hymn-like tunes. German composer and music Director of Lincolns Inn Fields Theatre Dr. Pepusch Also participated in the creation of the score, providing the overture and assisting in the orchestration of the opera.[iv] The first Performance of John Gays Ballet Opera The Beggars Opera was on stage in 1728, This performance attracted the acclaim and attention of the Popular audience in England. The first season of performances lasted for a total of 62 nights. The play received just as much applause in the next season of performances. It soon spread into a lot of the main towns in England, and also made its way to Wales Scotland and Ireland where it was made more popular. The woman who played Polly( Lavinia Fenton) became a favourite of many different people. The ballad opera became that successful it drove Italian opera out of England for the whole season. Italian opera had carried Musical theatre for 10 year prior to this completely new style, I see as Experimenting at the time, as it was completely out of the norm. The 62 consecutive nights seems like a huge amount to be doing nowadays, but back in the 18th Century however this was quite normal for the actors to be doing. Years later the Opera was performed internationally in Dublin, Jamaica, Glasgow, New York. In America The beggars Opera was one of the earliest musical comedies Produced.[v] The Opera popularised this new form of stage entertainment which was known as balled opera. Balled opera changed Operas standard Upper-class audience and had attracted and combined the likes of lower-class, middleclass and Upper-class followings. Londoners really loved the realism and satire in the ballet opera, I think it was something that everyone at the time could relate to, which maybe why it attracted such a wide range of different minded and different classed people. Audiences would leave the theatre talking about the opera and singing the familiar tunes. There is a lot of evidence to show its popularity in the 18th Century, one being the book trade. This was highly increased because of Its controversial subject matter and satire. Other evidence showing its popularity was that every year after 1728 The beggars opera was performed every single year of the 18th Century.[vi] The Beggars Opera was premiered on January 29, 1728 at John Richs theatre at Lincoln-Inn-Fields and had an overwhelming amount of success. A newspaper at the time, The Craftsman(London weekly) ran this short piece: February 3, 1728 This Week a Dramatick Entertainment has been exhibited at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, entitled The Beggars Opera, which has met with a general Applause, insomuch that the Waggs say it has made Rich very Gay, and probably will make Gay very Rich. The reference to Rich above refers to John Rich, the manager of the Lincolns Inn Fields theatre. February 17, 1728 We hear that the British Opera, commonly called The Beggars Opera, continues to be acted, at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn Fields with general Applause, to the great Mortification of the Performers and Admirers of the Outlandish Opera in the Haymarket.[vii] The piece written shows how the play was a hit, and happened in such a small amount of time. People from everywhere wanted to see the play because It was the talk of the town. The huge success of The Beggars Opera has retained its popularity for over 200 hundred years, which forms a record in dramatic productions. Every generation brings new applause and the causes for its popularity change each generation, John gay probably didnt expect such a major interest in his work and maybe didnt think it would become as popular as it has. Im sure it would have shocked him that the piece was performed 62 nights in a row at one of the most well known theatres at the time. Gay at the time most definitely would have been expecting some abuse over the satire contained in the opera but he would not of been expecting the creation of the characters Macheath, his gang, and women followers would be criticized, and made into something more serious.[viii] The ballad opera has become so influential that critics by now tend to assume that complicated irony is Pervasive and thoroughgoing in the language of the play. Ironic double-meaning is understood to provide a key to correct reading of Gays satire, which in its ambiguity and uncertainty is modernistic.[ix] The first imitation of The beggars opera was by Tomas Cooke and johnJohn Mottleys ballad opera Penelope-the odyssey story set in England, this was also in 1728. The opera only ran for 3 night which had nothing on Gays piece.[x] Another production of the beggars opera was the 1985 Performances at 1985 brought forward lots of production of the ballad opera, and it marked Johngays In 1985 this Catchy News paper article, shows how popular The beggars opera was and how popular is was still in 1985. Beggars Banquet Dramatic and musical flexibility and vitality make John Gays 1728 Musical comedy an indestructible theatrical creation During the 18th Century Musical theatre Except in Air 34, where Pepusch used P.G. Sandonis original bass for the latters setting of Gays own song-text Sweet Williams Farewell to Black-eyd Susan. Also, in Air 20 (Handels march from Rinaldo) and Air 41 (Purcells song If loves a sweet passion), Pepuschs bass line is similar to the composers own. For further details, see my edition, p.108. ) Arrangements of the The rearranging of the songs in The beggars be traced back to the first performance in 1728. The existing tunes John gay had chosen for his play, were taken by arranger John Christopher Pepusch and instead of him taking earlier harmonized version of the songs, he added his own basses.(footnote)  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  In 1729 the basses were published, this was the third edition of the work. The first two edition only include the tunes.( The songs were unlike John Pepuschsfully-scored overture written for two oboes and string, and there printed on two staves. The staves lack any instrumental introductions or codas.(footnote) Other sources show evidence that there was a standard method for arranging the songs. Scoring was for unison violins and continuo, and instrumental introduction and codas copied the opening and closing bars of the song itself.(footnote) When the third edition was introduced it was used as a basis for arrangements until late into the 19th century. However, in the second half of the 18th century, many London revivals began to try out new arrangements for the musical, the most significant version is Thomas Linleys of 1776. All of the arrangements have not been published. In 1769 there was an edition of the ballad opera published with a misleading title page: THE BEGGARS OPERAwith the Additional Alterations byDr ArneThe Basses entirely New.(footnote) The publisher hoped the audience would think that the basses entirely new were part Dr Arnes additional alterations, The truth is the pieces were far to poor to be his work, as it contained too much harmonic for the speed of the tunes. This gave a different spin on the musical but didnt contain the right ingredients, that made gays version what it is. Compared to Pepuschs simple but very effective bass the Arne version omitted some of the songs from the piece, some were transposed and part of the writing is introduced into ensemble numbers. (footnote) Arrangements of ballad operas [i] Colley Cibber: a biography by Helene koon. 1986- 242 pages. Page 118. [ii]www.umich.edu/-ece/student_projects/beggars-opera (the first production) [iii] Colley Cibber: a biography by Helene koon. 1986- 242 pages. Page 118. [iv] www.umich.edu/-ece/student_projects/beggars-opera (the first production) [v] [vi] Introduction to the beggars opera by [vii] The craftsman Newspaper article- February 3rd 1728 This Week a Dramatick Entertainment has been exhibited at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, entitled The Beggars Opera, which has met with a general Applause, insomuch that the Waggs say it has made Rich very Gay, and probably will make Gay very Rich. The reference to Rich above refers to John Rich, the manager of the Lincolns Inn Fields theatre. February 17, 1728 We hear that the British Opera, commonly called The Beggars Opera, continues to be acted, at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn Fields with general Applause, to the great Mortification of the Performers and Admirers of the Outlandish Opera in the Haymarket. [viii] [ix] Peter Lewis, The uncertainty principle in the beggars opera Durham University Journal 41 (1980) 143-6 [x] The Cambridge history of British theatre Volume 2: 1660 to 1895. 6. The beggars opera: a case study CALHOUN WINTON. Page 126.

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It will mess up the management in order to plan costs. Also it might ruin the number balance sheets and which could affect future gains. This might mean that the division managers who wish to engage in capital expenditures can now secure a short-term benefit from lower estimates. Occurred cost: The solution is management should monitor division managers performance and might give managers the performance shares which result in meeting the stated performance goals. These goals must be more efficient and accurate in order for management to plan goal to generate profit. Agency cost: By reducing and by providing appropriate incentives to align the interests to division managers. C) The firm’s chief executive officer has secret talks with a competitor about the possibility of a merger in which he would become the CEO of the combined firms. Agency Problem: The chief executive officer risks negative behavior because of dealing with the competition and did not involve his company’s best interests. He is putting his needs of planning a secret merger with his competition, which most likely can result potential profit for him, and possibly his company, if the merger is a positive one. Since he knows that his merger will occur (due to the fact of his direct â€Å"under the table† dealings with his competition), he can then go forward openly with his own company to promote the merger. Occurred cost: The CEO should know himself and the risks of CEO overconfidence. His behavior results in exactly this type of good faith mismanagement of the business. It is very important that the company should continue improving both legal and non-legal mechanisms that remedy conflict-of-interest problems by guarding against looting, fraud, and other forms of corporate corruption and disloyalty and by incentivizing managers to maximize shareholder value. The added challenge for corporate governance is to move beyond managerial motives to account more for human psychology and how managers actually behave and make business decisions when they are well-intentioned. D) A branch manager lay off experienced fulltime employees and staffs customer service positions with part-time or temporary workers to lower employment costs and raise this year’s branch profit. The manager’s bonus is based on profitability. Agency Problem: the branch manager created the personal goal to get more bonuses which depends on profitability and did not look into the company’s performance. 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As actual year 2009 the current ratio (2. 48) and quick ratio (1. 35) higher than the industry average and the higher is the better for company. If we look at the balance sheet we will see that the current asset and the current liability is decreased which is the big decreased from accounts payable. This shows that Marin Manufacturing Company have enough quick assets to pay off all current liabilities. Activity It shows relationship between the sales & the assets. By evaluate inventory turnover, average collection period, and total asset turnover. As the inventory turnover of the Marin Manufacturing Company is less the industry average which I recommends that the company should manage inventory more efficiently. The average collection period is higher than both industry average and the past year which the manager should emphasis on the collection to decrease this number. It means that they have to change their policy of lending business for more efficiency of debt collection. The total asset turnover for the actual year is 1. 6 which more then the past year but it still less than the industry average. So, the company needs to increase sakes to meet the industry average. Debt can analyze by debt ratio and time interest earned ratio. The debt ratio of actual year 2009 is higher than the industry average it continue increasing since year 2007-2008. Its means that the company has high leveraged and might borrows more money in the year 2008. Also the higher debt ratio means higher risk for lenders and investors. For the time interest ratio which decrease from year 2008 at 1. 9 to be 1. 6 in year 2009 and lower than industry average it means the company might facing the risk that cash flows from operations will be insufficient to cover interest and principal payment. Profitability by evaluate gross profit margin, net profit margin, ROA and ROE. Gross Profit Margin is measuring how much amount is left to meet other expenses & earn net profit which actual 2009 is at 27% that higher than the industry average (26%). Its mean that the company has high ability to sell goods at intended selling price. At 0. 65 % of net profit margin that decrease from 1. 1 % in 2007 to 1. 0% in year 2008 and less than industry average (1. 2%) that create low safety to the company. The higher risk that a decline in sales will erase profits and might result in net loss. The ROA and ROE both in year 2009 are decreasing to be less than the industry average and decresing from the past year. This show that the managerment is not managing asset effeicincy or assets are not being utilized effectively and lower ROE might caused by high debt. It seem like when this company are not very attractive for invertor if they looking at return on stockholders investment which is decreasing to be lower than industry averange. Market can analyze from P/E ratio and M/B ratio. For P/E in year 2009 is 34. 4 compare with the industry average at 43. 4 which lower and if compare to the past year it lower than year 2008. It means that investors are not perceive good growth potential of Marin Manufacturing Company.

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Learning skills outside of these optimal times is less effective and more difficult for the child. As educators, schools and parents alike, it is critical that we educate in complete harmony with these planes of development. These planes are interlinked. traditional education is based on assumption of linear development which can be explained with the help of following diagram, Maria Montessori compared these four planes with lifecycle of butterfly. . butterflies and moths have a complete life cycle. This means that there are four separate stages just like human being, each of which looks completely different and serves a different purpose in the life of the insect. The egg is a tiny, round, oval, or cylindrical object which turns into The caterpillar (or larva) which is the long, worm-like stage of the butterfly or moth. It is the feeding and growth stage. The third one is the chrysalis (or pupa) which is the transformation stage. The adult (or imago) is colorful butterfly or moth usually seen. It is the reproductive and mobile stage for the species. There is similarity between first and third pane and between second and fourth plane. uring first plane constructive formation of both physic and psychology of infant takes place similarily. fourth plane is also challenging physically and psychologically. during second plane the child has already adapt the environment and already has an attitude of ‘I want to do it myself’ he is more calm just as in fourth plane. these similarities and characteristics of each plane is explained in detailed with the explanation of each plane below. Infancy (0 6 years) This is the Plane of fundamental importance for the formation of the individual. The first plane extends from birth to around six years of age. During this period, Montessori observed that the child undergoes (to bear) striking physical and psychological development. The first plane child is seen as a concrete, sensorial explorer and learner engaged in the developmental work of psychological self-construction and building functional independence. Montessori introduced several concepts to explain this work, including the absorbent mind, sensitive periods, and normalization. The infant is fragile and need vaccines. there legs are short. there torso bulges. their skin and hair are soft . they builds up immune system. By the time of 2 years the child can sit, crowl, walk. His tooth appears. The moments of the child are very reflexive. His usual development takes place. The process of mylienisation of neurons take place because of mylienisation ausification, he ties to control over his arms legs. The infant from 0-3 is identified by Montessori as a Spiritual Embryo, as the infant has, within him/herself potentials, which determine his or her development. There exists within this inert being, a global power, a human creative essence, which drives her or him to form a human being of his or time, civilisation and associated culture. The ewborn child has to perform formative work, which corresponds in the psychological sphere, to the one just done by the embryo in the physical sphere. In this psycho-embryonic period, various powers develop separately and independently of each other i. e. arm and leg movements, sensory movements, language etc. At this stage, there is no unity in the personality. Montessori called the infant from 0-3 the unconscious creat or. here they have an unconscious absorbent mind. This is even called period of acquisition. At the age of three, a new consciousness appears clearly and fully. It is as though the childs life is beginning again, but this time as a conscious creator. it has a conscious absorbent mind here. The child now wants to master his or her environment and exercise his/her will. He is discovering sensorial exploration becomes a concrete thinker. The child wants to know ‘what’. The child is always busy doing something with his/her hands, guided by intelligence. The childs play is really work the child works for his/her own development. All the separate embryonic developments, which occurred from 0-3 years, must in the end, function together and become integrated so as to serve the individual personality. This is what is happening in the period for 3-6, when the hands are working, guided by the mind. When the environment offers motives for constructive activity, all energies concentrate together. With freedom to develop normally, we see the true personality of the child emerge. This is what Montessori called the Normalised child. During, and as a result of the process of normalisation, the child develops character quite spontaneously. Montessori identifies the period from three to six years of age as the embryonic period for the formation of character. Even ego is formed at the end of this stage. The child needs love, warmth, protection at this stage. Order the sense of security is utmost important. The child requires freedom to explore himself, But this freedom is to be given within limits. The child must be provided with an envoirnment full of rich diverse stimuli, purposeful activity experiences in order to help them to learn how to relate to others, to built self esteem self confidence to be exposed to life as it is lived in his culture participate in it to work by himself. Thus it is the adult responsibility to provide positive environment by having consistency in their behavior, giving respect assistancial approach to child. The adult should put forward good values morals should not provide any prejudices. The adult should be guide to child. CHILDHOOD ( 6 – 12 YEARS) This is a calm phase of uniform growth, and the one in which the abstract mind is organised. The childs mental and physical horizons open up; there is no limit to what the child can explore if the opportunities are there and conditions are favourable. During this phase there is a loss of milk teeth the new teeth emerges. The skin hair becomes thicker. The childs eye colour solidifies. The child losses rounded body figure. His arms legs become longer. His body becomes stronger thinner. He is more rough tough adventurous. His immune nervous system improves his head is proportionate. This is a period of sexual latency. For this plane of development, Montessori emphasized an expansive education, a vastness of culture, wider social contacts and the open environment. This child wants to explore the whole question of morality, and can, together with other children, build social groups that are organized with rules to be governed by and work to be done. This is a period of greatest acquisition of knowledge as it is rightly called the period of â€Å"WHY. † The capacity for expansion, abstraction imagination developes. The child is more concern with good/ bad has a strong sense of moral gestures. Reasoning begins in this period. He is less concern for his people has more self awareness. His need for order disappears he begins to be less sweet more rude. Herd instinct is the major characteristics in this phase. The child loves to be in the group. The child always has an â€Å" it’s not fair† attitude. In this phase the child would not like to be corrective. He loves to do more of group activities needs more wider social contacts cultural exposure. He wants his own material which can be manipulated on his own. They need more challenging activities don’t like to lose. The adults responsibility is to provide child with love, respect security. The adult should give child a chance to say his word. Adult should stick to true answers during the WHY questions. Adult should create a positive environment give him lot of exposure to be independent. The adult should acknowledge the child, bond with the child, should open the doors of communication.