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But hopefully someone pointed out to her that the Brecht/Weill is based on
John Gay's Beggar's Opera, which he wrote when Fielding was past caring.
Tho there are broad plot similarities from one rogue book to another.
Mark
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OUCH!!! I should have remembered that.
To be fair to the fair Carol, she was about to have to answer a question on
Gay, not Fielding, so it's my mistake.
The Dumb Bunny.
(But it cascades from a proper rogue-text original via Gay after Fielding to
end with Brecht.
Or have I missed someone?
Hogarth?
Nah?
R.)
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