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
Author details
- Born:
- June 30, 1685
- Died:
- Dec. 4, 1732
External links
Books by John Gay
Memoirs of the extraordinary life, works and discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus
by John Arbuthnot, John Gay, Thomas Parnell, and 4 others
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1
by Daniel Defoe, William Shakespeare, John Gay, and 71 others
