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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.
John Gay (Barnstaple, condado de Devon, 30 de Junho de 1685 – Londres, 4 de Dezembro de 1732) foi um poeta e dramaturgo inglês do século XVIII. Com um estilo neoclássico, escreveu poesia no estilo de Milton, farsas e comédias. Ele está enterrado na Abadia de Westminster. Principais obras. The Present State of Wit - 1711
John Gay (1685 – 1732) a oa ur barzh saoz, ezel eus ar Scriblerus Club, brudet gant ar The Beggar's Opera (1728), ur c'hoarigan.. Ganet e oa e Barnstaple, e Bro-Saoz, skoliet er gêr-se. Pa ziskolias ez eas da labourat da di ur marc'hadour seiz da Londrez; skuizh e oa aet, hervez Samuel Johnson, "of either the restraint or the servility of his occupation", hag eñ distro da gêrig Barnstaple ...
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 Beggar's Opera¨ Ballad Opera by John Gay (1685-1732)Music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752)29 January 172800:00 Introduction 01:57 Overtu...
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 (/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.
