John Gay

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dramatist librettist person poet

John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and dramatist best known for his ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dramatist ⓘ librettist ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ
associatedWith	Alexander Pope ⓘ Jonathan Swift ⓘ The Scriblerus Club ⓘ
birthDate	1685-06-30 ⓘ
birthPlace	Barnstaple, Devon, England ⓘ
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath	fever ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Alexander Pope ⓘ George Frideric Handel ⓘ Jonathan Swift ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate	1732-12-04 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
educatedAt	Barnstaple Grammar School ⓘ
employer	Duchess of Monmouth ⓘ Earl of Burlington ⓘ Lord Clarendon ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
genre	ballad opera ⓘ drama ⓘ poetry ⓘ
hasWorkAdaptedAs	The Beggar's Opera ⓘ surface form: The Threepenny Opera
influenced	development of ballad opera ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	Augustan literature ⓘ
name	John Gay self-link ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableWork	Fables ⓘ Polly ⓘ The Beggar's Opera ⓘ Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London ⓘ
occupation	dramatist ⓘ librettist ⓘ poet ⓘ
patron	Duchess of Queensberry ⓘ
subjectOf	literary criticism ⓘ
wrote	Acis and Galatea (libretto) ⓘ Fables ⓘ Polly ⓘ The Beggar's Opera ⓘ The Shepherd's Week ⓘ The What D'Ye Call It ⓘ The Wife of Bath ⓘ Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London ⓘ

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Air "Over the hills and far away" → associatedWith → John Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: "Over the hills and far away" (air)

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → associatedWith → John Gay ⓘ

Acis and Galatea (libretto) → author → John Gay ⓘ

Fables → author → John Gay ⓘ

Polly → author → John Gay ⓘ

The Shepherd's Week → author → John Gay ⓘ

The What D'Ye Call It → author → John Gay ⓘ

The Wife of Bath → author → John Gay ⓘ

Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London → author → John Gay ⓘ

The Threepenny Opera → basedOnWorkBy → John Gay ⓘ

Lockit → createdBy → John Gay ⓘ

Macheath → createdBy → John Gay ⓘ

Mr. Peachum → createdBy → John Gay ⓘ

Air "Let us take the road" → creator → John Gay ⓘ

Fables → creator → John Gay ⓘ

Lucy Lockit → creator → John Gay ⓘ

Polly → creator → John Gay ⓘ

Polly Peachum → creator → John Gay ⓘ

The Beggar's Opera → creator → John Gay ⓘ

Air "How happy could I be with either" → hasCreator → John Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"

The What D'Ye Call It → hasCreator → John Gay ⓘ

The Scriblerus Club → hasMember → John Gay ⓘ

Gay → hasNotableBearer → John Gay ⓘ

Air "How happy could I be with either" → lyricist → John Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"

Air "Let us take the road" → lyricist → John Gay ⓘ

John Gay → name → John Gay self-link ⓘ

Augustan literature → notableAuthor → John Gay ⓘ

Barnstaple Grammar School → notableStudent → John Gay ⓘ

Duchess of Queensberry → patronOf → John Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry

Duchess of Queensberry → supported → John Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry

Air "How happy could I be with either" → workBy → John Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"

Polly → workOf → John Gay ⓘ

The What D'Ye Call It → workOf → John Gay ⓘ