John Gay

Oil painting by [[Godfrey Kneller]] of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay<ref>{{cite web |title=Unknown man, formerly known as John Gay - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02436/Unknown-man-formerly-known-as-John-Gay |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1886
    London : F. Warne and co., 1886.
    xv, 271 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1945
    Paris : M. Sautier, [1945]
    v, 171 p.
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    p. 850-862 : ill.
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    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1973
    Firenze, Sansoni [c1973]
    xv, 75 p. 19 cm.
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    by Gay, John, 1685-1732
    Published 1731
    Boston : Sold at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill, [between 1731 and 1776]
    1 online resource (1 sheet) : illustrations (relief cut)
    LLMC Digital
    Online Resource
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    by Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
    Published 1973
    Frankfurt a.M.] Suhrkamp [1973]
    109 p. 18 cm.
    Other Authors: “...Gay, John, 1685-1732...”
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    London : T.H. Lacy, [1842?]
    12 p.
    Other Authors: “...Gay, John, 1685-1732...”
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    Boston : Eastburn, 1854.
    36 p.
    Other Authors: “...Gay, John, 1685-1732...”
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