John Gay

Oil painting by [[Godfrey Kneller]] of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay<ref>{{cite web |title=Unknown man, formerly known as John Gay - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02436/Unknown-man-formerly-known-as-John-Gay |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Dramatic works / edited by John Fuller
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1983
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    Dramatic works / edited by John Fuller
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1983
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    The shepherd's week / by J. Gay.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1969
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    Fables / by J. Gay.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1969
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    The beggar's opera / edited by P.E. Lewis.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1973
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    Poetry and prose / edited by Vinton A. Dearing with the assistance of Charles E. Beckwith
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1974
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    Poetry and prose / edited by Vinton A. Dearing with the assistance of Charles E. Beckwith
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1974
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    The letters of John Gay / edited by C.F. Burgess.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1966
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    The beggar's opera / by J. Gay ; edited by E.J. Dent.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1954
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    The plays of John Gay
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    The plays of John Gay
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    The beggar's opera / edited by Edgar V. Roberts; music edited by Edward Smith.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1969
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    John Gay : selected poems / edited by Marcus Walsh.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1979
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    The beggar's opera John Gay ; edited by Vivien Jones and David Lindley.
    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 2010
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    The villains' opera Nick Dear ; after The beggar's opera by John Gay.
    by Dear, Nick
    Published 2000
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    Walking the streets of London : John Gay's Trivia (1716) / edited by Clare Brant and Susan E. Whyman.
    Published 2007
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    The threepenny opera Bertolt Brecht ; translated and edited by Ralph Manheim and John Willett.
    by Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
    Published 1928
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