Genealogy for John Gay, poet and dramatist (1685 - 1732) fay tree on Geni, wh over 250 ln profil of anctors and livg relativ.
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- JOHN GAY
- JOHN GAY, POET AND DRAMATIST
- LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN GAY (1685-1732) THOR OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA"
- THE LETTERS OF JOHN GAY
JOHN GAY
John Gay, English poet and dramatist, chiefly remembered as the thor of The Beggar’s Opera, a work distguished by good-humoured satire and technil assurance. A member of an ancient but impoverished Devonshire fay, Gay was ted at the ee grammar school Barnstaple. He was * john gay 1685 *
43: a ballad-opera three acts by John Gay (1728): realized om the origal airs / by Benjam Brten.
JOHN GAY, POET AND DRAMATIST
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Hanl: Acis and Galatea, (masque by John Gay, wh texts by Alexanr Pope and John Hugh) (HWV 49); [cir 1720]; [1732]. 10-10b John Gay, poet: Geofey Faber, publisher, of Faber and Gwyer Ltd, London: Thomas Jam Wise, book llector: Letter to T.
The threepenny opera / [mic by] Kurt Weill; [libretto and lyrics] by Bertolt Brecht; a new translatn by Wallace Shawn; based on Elisabeth Hptmann's German translatn of John Gay's The beggar's opera, 2006. Partie of dance #2: a dance sue om A & G, an Amerin opera / poser: Jill Price, Amerin; lyricist: John Gay, English (om his 1732 productn of Acis & Galatea).
LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN GAY (1685-1732) THOR OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA"
Partie of dance #1: a dance sue om A & G, an Amerin opera / poser: Jill Price, Amerin; lyricist: John Gay, English (om his 1732 productn of Acis & Galatea). Wise ncerng the biblgraphy of John Gay's songs 'The Poor Shepherd', 'Molly Mogg', and 'Sweet William's Farewell to Black Ey'd San'; 1923-1927, n.
A member of an ancient but impoverished Devonshire fay, Gay was ted at the ee grammar school Barnstaple. Gay’s journalistic terts are clearly seen a pamphlet, The Prent State of W (1711), a survey of ntemporary perdil publitns. Gay was a member, together wh Pope, Jonathan Swift, and John Arbuthnot, of the Scribles Club, a lerary group that aimed to ridicule pedantry.
THE LETTERS OF JOHN GAY
The iends ntributed to two of Gay’s satiril plays: The What D’ye Call It (1715) and Three Hours After Marriage (1717) most succsful play was The Beggar’s Opera, produced London on Jan. “Hont” John Gay lost most of his money through disastro vtment South Sea stock, but he nohels left £6, 000 when he died. John Gay (/ɡeɪ/; 30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scribles Club.
Gay's pastorals achieved this goal and his ludicro pictur of the English untry lads and their lov were found to be entertag on their own acunt. Gay had jt been appoted secretary to the Brish ambassador to the urt of Hanover through the fluence of Jonathan Swift when the ath of Anne, Queen of Great Bra, three months later put an end to all his hop of official employment.