1. John Gay - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Article focused mainly on his literary abilities, especially his Beggar s Opera. Includes portrait, internal references to related people and topics, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gay

John Gay From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search John Gay John Gay 30 June 4 December ) was an English poet and dramatist . He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera ), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch . The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. edit Biography Gay was born in Barnstaple England and was educated at the town's grammar school . On leaving school he was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London , but being weary, according to Samuel Johnson , "of either the restraint or the servility of his occupation," he soon returned to Barnstaple, where he spent some time with his uncle, the Rev. John Hanmer, the Nonconformist minister of the town. He then returned to London. The dedication of his Rural Sports ) to Alexander Pope was the beginning of a lasting friendship. In , Gay wrote The Shepherd's Week , a series of six pastorals drawn from English rustic life. Pope had urged him to undertake this task in order to ridicule the Arcadian pastorals of Ambrose Philips , who had been praised by The Guardian , to the neglect of Pope's claims as the first pastoral writer of the age and the true English Theocritus . Gay's pastorals completely achieved this goal, but his ludicrous pictures of the English country lads and their loves were found to be entertaining on their own account.

2. John Gay John Gay was born at Barnstaple in Devon, the youngest son of William Gay. He lost his parents at an early age and was brought up by his uncle, the Reverend http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jgay.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne John Gay (1685-1732) English poet and dramatist, friend of Pope and Swift. Gay is remembered for his play THE BEGGAR'S OPERA (1728), which was the basis for Kurt Weil and Bertolt Brecht 's classical work Dreigroschenoper (1928, The Threepenny Opera). The play was highly successful and enabled Gay to spent more money on gambling and drinking. Its sequel, POLLY (1729), was supposedly suppressed by the prime minister Robert Walpole, who thus only incited people to buy its printed version. Let us drink and sport to-day, Ours is not to-morrow: Love with youth flies swift away, Age is naught but sorrow. Dance and sing, Time's on the wing, Life never knows the return of spring. (from The Beggar's Opera In 1708 Gay published 'Wine', a poem to celebrate the Act of Union between England and Scotland and in 1711 he published the pamphlet THE PRESENT STATE OF WIT. During these years he met Pope and began to visit the fashionable coffee-houses. In London Gay supported himself by working as a journalist. His first important poem, THE RURAL SPORTS (1713), was dedicated to Pope. The long poem comically glorifies descriptions of hunting and fishing. THE WHAT D'YE CALL IT (1715) was Gay's first satirical play, which he finished at the age of 30. The Beggar's Opera was first performed when the author was 43. John Pepusch, a German musician, wrote popular songs for the play. The story of highwaymen and corrupt law-keepers is still performed. Its sequel

3. HOASM: John Gay john Gay. English poet and dramatist, who wrote the libretto to Handel’s Acis and Galatea. Best known as the creator of the ballad or parody opera. http://www.hoasm.org/VIIA/Gay.html

John Gay Acis and Galatea. Best known as the creator of the ballad or parody opera. Works include The Beggar's Opera (1729), a parody of the newly fashionable Italian opera, which portrays London's criminal lowlife and includes a number of satirical swipes at Robert Walpole.; Polly (written as a sequel to but banned and not staged until 1779); Achilles (Covent Garden 1733). With Swift and Pope Gay formed the group of Tory satirists called the Scriblerians. Gay was born in Barnstaple, England and was educated at the town's grammar school. On leaving school he was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London, but being weary, according to Samuel Johnson, "of either the restraint or the servility of his occupation," he soon returned to Barnstaple, where he spent some time with his uncle, the Rev. John Hanmer, the Nonconformist minister of the town. He then returned to London. The dedication of his Rural Sports (1713 ) to Alexander Pope was the beginning of a lasting friendship. In 1714, Gay wrote The Shepherd's Week, a series of six pastorals drawn from English rustic life. Pope had urged him to undertake this task in order to ridicule the Arcadian pastorals of Ambrose Philips, who had been praised by The Guardian, to the neglect of Pope's claims as the first pastoral writer of the age and the true English Theocritus. Gay's pastorals completely achieved this goal, but his ludicrous pictures of the English country lads and their loves were found to be entertaining on their own account.

4. John Gay --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on John Gay English poet and dramatist, chiefly remembered as the author of The Beggar s Opera, a work distinguished http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9036245/John-Gay

var britAdCategory = "literature"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Additional Reading Print this Table of Contents Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. John Gay Page 1 of 1 born , June 30, 1685, Barnstaple, Devon, Eng. died Dec. 4, 1732, London John Gay, oil painting by William Aikman; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. Courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh English poet and dramatist, chiefly remembered as the author of The Beggar's Opera , a work distinguished by good-humoured satire and technical assurance. Gay, John... (75 of 768 words) To read the full article, activate your FREE Trial Commonly Asked Questions About John Gay Close Enable free complete viewings of Britannica premium articles when linked from your website or blog-post.

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6. Gay John gay is buried in Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey, London. (However, his monument was moved to the triforium when a medieval fresco was discovered http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/gay.htm

Home Poets' Graves Search by Surname Search by Location Other Poets Maps of Poets' Graves Poetry Resources Poetry Forum Glossary Poetic Terms Classic Poems Poets Laureate UK ... Poetry Links Other Graves Writers Musicians Artists What's New on PG Related Site Literary Norfolk John Gay Life is a jest, and all things show it; I thought so once, and now I know it. John gay is buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, London. (However, his monument was moved to the triforium when a medieval fresco was discovered beneath it.) (See map...ref no. 11) Gay's first mature poem - The Shepherd's Week (1714) was written in the mock-heroic style of Pope. It parodied the pastoral poems of Ambrose Philips (Pope's arch rival) and involved the exploits of various yokels with names such as Bumkinet and Boobyclod. In 1720 Gay published Poems on Several Occasions which proved to be popular and profitable. Unfortunately, he invested the money he made from them in the South Sea Company and subsequently lost everything when the bubble burst. Along with Swift Pope and Arbuthnot, Gay was a member of the

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8. John Gay - LoveToKnow 1911 JOHN GAY (16851732), English poet, was baptized on the 16th of September 1685 at Barnstaple, where his family had long been settled. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John_Gay

John Gay From LoveToKnow 1911 JOHN GAY (1685-1732), English poet, was baptized on the 16th of September 1685 at Barnstaple , where his family had long been settled. He was educated at the grammar school of the town under Robert Luck , who had published some Latin and English poems. On leaving school he was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London , but being weary, according to Dr Johnson, "of either the restraint or the servility of his occupation," he soon returned to Barnstaple, where he spent some time with his uncle, the Rev. John Hanmer, the Nonconformist minister of the town. He then returned to London, and though no details are available for his biography until the publication of Wine in 1708, the account he gives in Rural Sports (1713), of years wasted in attending on courtiers who were profuse in promises never kept, may account for his occupations. Among his early literary friends were Aaron Hill and Eustace Budgell . In The Present State of Wit (171 1) Gay attempted to give an account of "all our periodical papers, whether monthly, weekly or diurnal." He especially praised the Taller and the Spectator

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Online Encyclopedia Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition. JOHN GAY (1685-1732) Online Encyclopedia Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 541 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Make a correction to this article. Add information or comments to this article. Encyclopedia Home GAG-GEO Spread the word: del.icio.us it! See also: JOHN JOHN (1167–1216) JOHN (1290-c. 1320) JOHN (1296-1346) ... JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF JOHN See also: JOHN GAY (1685-1732) GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852) GAY, WALTER (1856– ) GAY See also: ENGLISH English poet, was baptized on the 16th of See also: SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven) September 1685 at See also: BARNSTAPLE Barnstaple , where his See also: FAMILY family had See also: LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879) LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– ) long been settled . He was educated at the See also: GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ) grammar school of the See also: TOWN town under See also: ROBERT ROBERT (1275—1343) ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808) ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835) Robert See also: LUCK Luck , who had published some Latin and English poems . On leaving school he was apprenticed to a

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12. John Gay - Wikiquote John Gay (30 June 1685 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar s Opera (1728), set to music by Johann http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gay

John Gay From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; and now I know it. John Gay 30 June 4 December ) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch . The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. Contents Sourced Fables (1727) Fables, Part the Second (1738) The Beggar's Opera (1728) ... edit Sourced 'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind, A damsel lay deploring, All on a rock reclined. The What D'ye Call It , Act II, sc. viii (1715) My lodging is on the cold ground, And hard, very hard, is my fare, But that which grieves me more Is the coldness of my dear. My Lodging Is on the Cold Ground , st. 1 (1720) No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who’ve no retreat. "We’ve Cheated the Parson" (song), Polly: an Opera , Air 46, Act II, sc. x (1729) Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; and now I know it. My Own Epitaph , inscribed on Gay’s monument in Westminster Abbey; also quoted as "I thought so once; but now I know it."

13. The Contemplator's Short History John Gay And The Beggar's Opera Biography and information about work plus links to related material, embedded audio, and links to lyrics and MIDI files. http://www.contemplator.com/history/johngay.html

The Contemplator's Short History of John Gay and the Beggar's Opera The background music is A Soldier and a Sailor Sequenced by Lesley Nelson-Burns Life is a jest, and all things show it. I thought it once, and now I know it. (John Gay's self-written epitaph) John Gay was born in Devon in 1685. He died in 1732 and was buried in Westminster. He was briefly an apprentice to a silk merchant in London. As an apprentice he became familiar with London. Although he disliked it, his years as an apprentice provided him with much of the material for his success. When his apprenticeship was complete, he returned to Devon. To pursue success as a writer he once again went to London in 1707 or 1708. Gay worked for a time as a secretary for Arthur Hill, a friend from Barnstable Grammar School. Hill was very interested in the theatre and became manager of a company owned by William Collier, then a Tory member of Parliament. Although the job lasted only two years, Gay - as Hill's secretary - gained invaluable experience. Writers of the time were dependent upon wealthy patrons to support them and their works. Gay inherited a small sum from his brother and in 1712 obtained a position with the Duchess of Monmouth. Through this position he became acquainted with those who would later become his patrons, most importantly, the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry. By this time he had also come to the attention of Alexander Pope and the Scriblerus circle. Although he produced two plays

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Return to Renascence Editions The Beggar's Opera John Gay Transcribed, with an Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography, by Risa S. Bear, University of Oregon, August 1992; html version created November 1995. Note on this edition: Skip to: Act I. Act II. Act III. Notes. ... Bibliography. INTRODUCTION British Museum B John Gay produced, apart from The Beggar's Opera , a small body of prose and poetry ranging in quality from brilliant to drab. In 1712 was printed, but never acted, a short topical play, The Mohocks , concerning the exploits of a gang who had named themselves after a warlike Native American tribe: Come fill up the Glass, Round, round let it pass, 'Till our Reason be lost in our Wine: Leave Conscience's Rules To Women and Fools, This only can make us divine. Chorus. Then a Mohock, a Mohock I'll be, No Laws shall restrain Our Libertine Reign, We'll riot, drink on, and be free. [All Drink.] The point of this slight work, if it has one, seems to be that frolicsome gentlemen, by introducing chaos into society, have only themselves to blame if that chaos leads to their own downfall. The moral concern that drives The Beggar's Opera is found here, along with its sense of play and eye for detail; it is easy to see why the Scriblerians adopted Gay so wholeheartedly so early in his career.

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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GAY John Gay was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England on June 30, 1685. At the age of 10, Gay was orphaned and his uncle, the Reverend John Hammer, agreed to take care of him. After finishing his education at the Barnstable Grammar School, Gay went to London to be an apprentice to a silk merchant. Disliking the work, Gay left the merchant to work briefly for Arthur Hill, who became manager of a theater company. In 1712, in his late twenties, Gay was a secretary to the Duchess of Monmouth. He also worked as a secretary to Lord Clarendon. During his time in London, Gay established relationships with Londoners and became a part of the city society. In 1713, Gay published the poem "Rural Sports," a comic description of hunting and fishing, and inscribed it to Alexander Pope, a prominent writer of the time. Pope appreciated the honor and soon became acquainted with Gay. Pope and Gay became lifelong friends and colleagues. Gay also became close with the writer Jonathon Swift; Pope and Swift both encouraged Gay to continue writing and publishing his work. Gay studied with Georg Frideric Handel, the greatest opera composer at the time in London. Gay's love for music transferred into much of his writings for the stage; he included some type of music in many of his plays. Read more on the musical scene in England.

17. John Gay: Poems An index of his poems with a biography and links to related sites. http://www.poetry-archive.com/g/gay_john.html

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