Macheath

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Youth's the season made for joys,
Love is then our duty.

John Gay

The Beggar's Opera

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Topic

Purpose of youth Youth

Speaker

Macheath

Author

John Gay

Source

The Beggar's Opera

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1728 1720s 18th century

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Original Citation

Gay, John. The Beggar's Opera. 1728, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1, air 22.

Current Citation

Gay, John. "The Beggar's Opera." The Beggar's Opera and Polly, edited by Hal Gladfelder. Oxford University Press, 2013, act 2, sc. 1, air 22.

Food comes first, then morals.

Bertolt Brecht

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Topic

Moral relativism Moral principles Morality

Speaker

Macheath

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

The Threepenny Opera

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. Die Dreigroschenoper [The Threepenny Opera]. 31 Aug. 1928, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, Germany, act 2, sc. 6.

Current Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. The Threepenny Opera. Grove Press, 1994, act 2, sc. 6.

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares,
The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.

John Gay

The Beggar's Opera

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Topic

New love Men and women

Speaker

Macheath

Author

John Gay

Source

The Beggar's Opera

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1728 1720s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gay, John. The Beggar's Opera. 1728, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1, air 21.

Current Citation

Gay, John. "The Beggar's Opera." The Beggar's Opera and Polly, edited by Hal Gladfelder. Oxford University Press, 2013, act 2, sc. 1, air 21.