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The Beggar's Opera

A Scene from 'The Beggar's Opera' VI

Hogarth's 'Scene from the Beggar's Opera'

Lavinia Fenton, Duchess of Bolton

Lavinia Fenton: Polly

Mr. Walker in the Character of Captain Macheath

Thomas Walker: Macheath

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre

John Gay

Playwright John Gay

Thomas Walker as Captain Macheath in the <em>Beggar's Opera</em>

Walker as Macheath

Mrs. Farrel as Capt. Macheath, in the <em>Beggar's Opera</em>

Britches role: Mrs. Farrel as Captain Macheath