POLLY, a Ballad-opera, written by John Gay as a second part of his ‘Beggar's Opera.
’ When about to be rehearsed a message was received from the Lord Chamberlain that the piece ‘was not allowed to be acted but commanded to be suppressed,
’ the prohibition being supposed to have been instigated by Sir Robert Walpole, who had been satirised in ‘The Beggar's Opera.
’ Failing to obtain a reversal of the decree Gay had recourse to the press,...
