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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.
- 4 December 1732 (aged 47), London, England
- The Beggar's Opera
- 30 June 1685, Barnstaple, England
John 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Poet and playwright John Gay was born in Devon to an aristocratic though impoverished family. Unable to afford university, Gay went to London to apprentice as a draper instead. While in London, he began writing journalism, including the pamphlet The Present State of Wit (1711), a survey of…
John 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.
Jun 27, 2018 · The 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 (/ɡeɪ/; 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.
Sep 29, 2014 · John Gay (b. 1685–d. 1732) was a playwright and poet best known for his 1728 work, The Beggar’s Opera, and for his membership of the Scriblerus Club, a group of Tory-sympathizing writers that included Gay’s close friends, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.
