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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John Gay canonical 56

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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 ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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Gay → hasNotableBearer → John Gay ⓘ
John Gay → name → John Gay self-link ⓘ
The Beggar's Opera → creator → John Gay ⓘ
Augustan literature → notableAuthor → John Gay ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London → author → John Gay ⓘ
The Scriblerus Club → hasMember → John Gay ⓘ
Barnstaple Grammar School → notableStudent → John Gay ⓘ
Fables → author → John Gay ⓘ
Fables → creator → John Gay ⓘ
The Shepherd's Week → author → John Gay ⓘ
The Wife of Bath → author → John Gay ⓘ
Acis and Galatea (libretto) → author → John Gay ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → associatedWith → John Gay ⓘ
Macheath → createdBy → John Gay ⓘ
Polly Peachum → creator → John Gay ⓘ
Lucy Lockit → creator → John Gay ⓘ
Lockit → createdBy → John Gay ⓘ
Air "Over the hills and far away" → associatedWith → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: "Over the hills and far away" (air)
Air "Let us take the road" → lyricist → John Gay ⓘ
Air "Let us take the road" → creator → John Gay ⓘ
Air "How happy could I be with either" → workBy → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"
Air "How happy could I be with either" → lyricist → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"
Air "How happy could I be with either" → hasCreator → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: "How happy could I be with either"
Polly → creator → John Gay ⓘ
Polly → author → John Gay ⓘ
Polly → workOf → John Gay ⓘ
Mr. Peachum → createdBy → John Gay ⓘ
The What D'Ye Call It → author → John Gay ⓘ
The What D'Ye Call It → hasCreator → John Gay ⓘ
The What D'Ye Call It → workOf → John Gay ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera → basedOnWorkBy → John Gay ⓘ
Duchess of Queensberry → supported → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
Duchess of Queensberry → patronOf → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
Bernard Lintot → associatedWith → John Gay ⓘ
Trivia → author → John Gay ⓘ
Lord Peterborough → associatedWith → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
Lord Oxford → hasMember → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: Scriblerus Club
Lord Oxford → patronOf → John Gay ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse → author → John Gay ⓘ
Martinus Scriblerus → createdBy → John Gay ⓘ
Monday; or, The Squabble → author → John Gay ⓘ
Thursday; or, The Spell → author → John Gay ⓘ
Friday; or, The Dirge → author → John Gay ⓘ
Friday; or, The Dirge → associatedWithAuthor → John Gay ⓘ
collaboration with George Frideric Handel → hasParticipant → John Gay ⓘ
collaboration with George Frideric Handel → librettoBy → John Gay ⓘ
John Arbuthnot → closeFriend → John Gay ⓘ
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus → author → John Gay ⓘ
Tuesday; or, The Ditty → author → John Gay ⓘ
Saturday; or, The Flights → author → John Gay ⓘ