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John Gay

Born: 1685-06-30

Died: 1732-12-04

English poet and playwright

Born: 1685-06-30

Died: 1732-12-04

Books by John Gay (50 max)

The beggar's opera.: A comic opera.

1728

Fables.

1727

Gay's The beggar's opera, with new settings of the airs and additional music by Frederic Austin.

1728

John Christopher Pepusch, John Gay, Mariette Lydis

Acis and Galatea: A serenata. As perform'd at the Musical Society at the Castle in Pater-Noster Row. The music by Mr. Handel.

1732

Three hours after marriage: with The confederates and the two Keys

1717

John Gay, John Gay, Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot

The what d'ye call it: a tragicomi-pastoral farce.

1715

Polly: an opera. Being the second part of The beggar's opera. Written by Mr. Gay.

1729

Fables

1736

John Gay, Thomas Carnan, Thomas Cadell, Elizabeth Newbery, Thomas Carnan (Firm), England) Thomas Cadell (Booksellers : London, Newbery (Firm)

The beggar's opera as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields

1728

Plays written by Mr. John Gay: viz. The captives, ... The beggar's opera, Polly, ... Achilles, ... The distress'd wife, ... The rehearsal at Goatham, ... To which is added, An account of the life and writings of the author.

1760

Trivia: or, The art of walking the streets of London; with introd. and notes by W.H. Williams.

1716

Achilles An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

1733

The beggar's opera

1700

The shepherd's week

1714

Fables Volume the second

1738

The beggar's opera As performed at the Theatres Royal. Regulated from the promptbooks

1700

The beggar's opera As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields

1728

Poems on several occasions

1731

The poetical works of John Gay

1806

The beggar's opera

1746

John Gay, Anna Maria Crouch, Samuel De Wilde, J. Thornthwaite, Julius Ibbetson, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Bell, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Covent Garden Theatre, John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)

The beggar's opera

1760

Fables

1769

Acis and Galatea a masque

1700

George Frideric Handel, John Gay, John Dryden

Fables

1730

Poems on several occasions

1720

The beggar's opera

1737

John Gay, Edgar V. Roberts, Edward E. Smith

Fables

1737

The distress'd wife: A comedy

1743

Fables

1746

John Gay, Edward Moore

The Mohocks: a tragi-comical farce

1700

The present state of wit: in a letter to a friend in the country.

1711

Rural sports: a poem

1713

The fan: A poem. In three books. By Mr. Gay.

1713

Trivia, or, The art of walking the streets of London

1720

The captives: a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane by His Majesty's servants.

1724

Fables

1725

Fables

1729

Polly an opera : being the second part of The beggar's opera

1729

Dione: An opera. As it is acting at the New-Theatre in the Hay-Market. Set to musick by Mr. Lampe.

1733

The rehearsal at Goatham

1754

Gay's chair.: Poems, never before printed

1820

Wine: a poem

1708

The works of Mr. John Gay: In four volumes. To which is added an account of the life and writings of the author.

1710

The wife of Bath: a comedy

1713

Two epistles: one to the Right Honourable Richard earl of Burlington; the other, to a lady

1715

To a lady on her passion for old china

1725

Miscellanies

1731

Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot, John Gay

Poems on several occasions

1745

John Gay, Philip Hofer, H. J. Herring, P. Fourdrinier, Henry Lintot, Somerset Draper, Baring, Francis Sir, J. and R. Tonson, Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

Poems on several occasions

1771

The poetical works of John Gay ... To which is prefixed the life of the author ...

1794