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Bookmark or Share- John Gay - WikipediaJohn Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. [2] He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. [3] The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. [4]
- The Beggar's Opera - WikipediaThe Beggar's Opera [1] is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch.It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today.
- John Gay | British Poet, Playwright & Satirist | BritannicaJohn Gay (born June 30, 1685, Barnstaple, Devon, Eng.—died Dec. 4, 1732, London) was an English poet and dramatist, chiefly remembered as the author of The Beggar’s Opera, a work distinguished by good-humoured satire and technical assurance.
- John Gay - Encyclopedia.comThe English playwright and poet John Gay (1685-1732) is best known for "The Beggar's Opera," a skillful blend of literary, political, social, and musical satire. John Gay was born on June 30, 1685, in Barnstaple, Devonshire.
- John Gay summary | BritannicaJohn Gay, (born, June 30, 1685, Barnstaple, Devon, Eng.—died Dec. 4, 1732, London), British poet and dramatist. From an ancient but impoverished Devonshire family, Gay was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London but was released early. He soon cofounded the journal The British Apollo.
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