A character in this work enjoins: "He that tastes Woman, Woman, Woman /
A character in this work enjoins: "He that tastes Woman, Woman, Woman / He that tastes Woman, ruin meets." Guy Jones works his way up to lead role in a production of this work in Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval. It is not The Recruiting Officer, but a character in this work states that holding his lover "amidst eternal Frost" would keep him warm on "Greenland's Coast" in a rendition of "Over the hills and far away." While awaiting execution at (*) Newgate in the final scene, its protagonist is granted reprieve by the title character due to the conventions of the genre. Matt of the Mint, Nimming Ned, and Crook-Finger'd Jack are part of the crew of this work's protagonist, who was based on real-life criminal Jack Sheppard. For 10 points, a love triangle between the jailer's daughter Lucy Lockit, the fence's child Polly Peachum, and the highwayman Macheath features in what ballad opera by John Gay?
A character in this work enjoins: "He that tastes Woman, Woman, Woman /
The Beggar's Opera