This one takes me back — one of my early areas of academic study was 18th c. #British politics. In 1721 on #ThisDayInHistory innovative statesman #RobertWalpole became the first #PrimeMinister of the #UnitedKingdom, serving the first two #Hanoverian kings, George I & George II.

"Monster's Opera" follows in the grand historical tradition of #JohnGAY 's "Beggar's Opera" (1728) the foundational basis of all English language #MusicalTheatre , a parody of corrupt British PM #RobertWALPOLE , & its 1928 German adaptation "The Threepenny Opera" by #BertoltBRECHT & #KurtWeill .