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John Gay (1685-1732) was a poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), his ballad-opera set in London's criminal underworld while satirising contemporary politics and politicians.
Two Extracts from Gay's Rural Sports, in Italian Verse. Translated by Carlo Ercolani.
Achilles in Petticoats. an Opera ... Written by Mr. Gay, with Alterations [by George Colman, the Elder].
The Fan. a Poem.
The Distress'd Wife. a Comedy.
Achilles. an Opera. as It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden ... with the Musick Prefix'd to Each Song.
The Shepherd's Week ... the Fourth Edition.
A Choice Collection of Songs That Are Sung in the Beggar's Opera [I.E. the Play by John Gay]. at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.
A Letter to a Lady, Occasion'd by the Arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. [by John Gay.]
On Haemorrhoidal Disorders
The Beggar's Opera to Which Is Added the Music to Each Song
Gay's Fables, Part 1
Polly, an Opera. Being the Second Part of the Beggar's Opera
The Poetical Works of John Gay (Volume 1)
Gay's the Beggar's Opera, with New Settings of the Airs and Additional Music by Frederic Austin
On Haemorrhoidal Disorder
The Present State of Wit (1711) in a Letter to a Friend in the Country
The Beggar's Opera. as It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay. the Seventh Edition.
Acis and Galatea. a Serenata. as Performed at the Castle Society at Haberdashers-Hall. the Music by Mr. Handel.
The Beggar's Opera. as It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay. the Second Edition, with the Musick Prefix'd to Each Song.
The Masque of Acis and Galatea. as It Is Performed at the Theatre in Oxford.
The Celebrated Masque of Acis and Galatea
The Beggar's Opera. a Comic Opera. by John Gay. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane & Covent-Garden. ... Cooke's Edition. Embellished with Superb Engravings.
Acis and Galatea, a Serenata. as It Will Be Performed at the Assembly Rooms, in Newcastle, on Thursday Evening the 8th of October, 1778. Conducted by MR Hawdon. the Music Composed by Mr. Handel.
Achilles. an Opera. as It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by the Late Mr. Gay. the Second Edition