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friendlycryptid's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
maggiefae's review against another edition
Read The Beggar’s Opera for class, and did not enjoy it enough to want to read Polly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
lu2cy_i's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nickjagged's review
4.0
Good as hell. Came at this one sideways, through a combination of the Threepenny Opera by way of the World/Inferno Friendship Society and Marcus Rediker’s Villains of All Nations. Both plays are valuable in their own right, and the various performances of the airs from The Beggars Opera available to listen to along with the readings are absolutely enriching. However, even without the benefit of the accompaniment, I find Polly to be the better of the two, taking the contradictions central to the former and building from them some truly marvelous exchanges.
wrengaia's review against another edition
3.75
Who's going to listen to my conspiracy theory that this is the real basis of Annette
elfenears's review against another edition
4.0
Surprisingly funny and enjoyable. Read for my 18th century module at uni and was pleasantly surprised.
lucyb's review
3.0
I don't know why it took me so long to get around to reading this. Brisk, sly, and darkly funny, it's a quick read that invites a lot of reflection on how it would have been performed and received in its time. I can easily imagine incorporating it into my class on early modern history, as well.
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