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    What were Macheath and Polly doing when last heard of?

    Question #86570. Asked by Baloo55th. (Sep 28 07 12:49 PM)


    stuthehistoryguy

    		Living lives of nobility in a castle.

    http://www.threepennyopera.org/storySynopsis.php

    Sep 28 07, 12:59 PM
    lanfranco

    		Well, in "Polly," the sequel to John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera," MacHeath has become a pirate, and Polly marries the son of a "Carib chief."

    However, Baloo's questions are rarely this straightforward. I have a funny feeling that he's looking for something else.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar's_Opera

    Sep 28 07, 1:21 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Not this time, Frankie. Absolutely straightforward. Gay's sequel to The Threepenny Opera was Polly, but it got banned for quite some time. I have to ask a straight question now and then to keep people on their toes.....

    Sep 28 07, 1:53 PM
    lanfranco

    		Point taken. But I had this awful suspicion that "MacHeath" and "Polly" might be, for example, humpback whales, fondly named by a Gay or Weill or Brecht fan and last seen heading out to sea.

    Or maybe even minor comets.

    Sep 28 07, 4:25 PM

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