Gay, John 1685-1732

Overview

Works:	1,948 works in 8,385 publications in 6 languages and 105,078 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Ballad operas Librettos Picaresque drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Musical films Film adaptations History Scores Records and correspondence
Roles:	Author, Librettist, Translator, Other, Composer, Lyricist, Bibliographic antecedent, Editor, Honoree, Creator, Contributor, Adapter, Performer, Musician
Classifications:	PR3474, 822.5

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about John Gay

John Gay by Patricia Meyer Spacks( Book )
John Gay : social critic by Sven Armens( Book )
Die 3groschenoper = The threepenny opera by Kurt Weill( Visual )
The letters of John Gay by John Gay( Book )
John Gay, favorite of the wits by William Henry Irving( Book )

John Gay by Oliver Warner( Book )
John Gay and the London theatre by Calhoun Winton( Book )
John Gay, a profession of friendship by David Nokes( Book )
John Gay and the Scriblerians by Peter Elfed Lewis( Book )
John Gay : his place in the eighteenth century by Phoebe Fenwick Gaye( Book )
Deep play : John Gay and the invention of modernity by Dianne Dugaw( Book )
John Gay: an annotated checklist of criticism by Julie Thompson Klein( Book )
Mr. Gay; being a picture of the life and times of the author of the Beggar's opera by Oscar Sherwin( Book )
John Gay, poet "of a lower order"; comments on his rural poems and other early writings by Adina Forsgren( Book )
Slavery and Augustan literature : Swift, Pope, Gay by J. A Richardson( Book )
Miscellanies; second series by Austin Dobson( Book )
Life and letters of John Gay (1685-1732) : author of "The beggar's opera" by Lewis Saul Benjamin( Book )
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, 1728-2004 : adaptations and re-writings by Uwe Böker( Book )
The life of Mr. John Gay : author of the Beggar's-opera, &c by Edmund Curll( Book )
Documenting eighteenth century satire : Pope, Swift, Gay, and Arbuthnot in historical context by Pat Rogers( Book )

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Most widely held works by John Gay

The beggar's opera by John Gay( Book )

924 editions published between 1072 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 5,697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this work, John Gay turned the conventions of Italian opera riotously upside-down, instead using traditional popular ballads and street tunes, while also indulging in political satire at the expense of the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole

The beggar's opera by Benjamin Britten( Recording )

107 editions published between 1929 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

N 1981 Richard Bonynge, together with an illustrious cast of singers (Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, et. al.) and actors (Angela Lansbury, Warren Mitchell, Michael Hordern, et. al.) went into Kingsway Hall for a recording of a new edition (by Richard Bonynge and Douglas Gamley) of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera. Written in 1728, it is a ballad opera in three acts (Ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time.) Running for 62 consecutive performances, the piece notched up a record the longest run in theatre history up to that time. Unlike other existing recordings of The Beggar's Opera, this new performing edition features opera stars alongside great actors as well as a full-size (double woodwind) orchestra. One of the most sought after of Sutherland/Bonynge collaborations, the original CD has long been out of print and here reappears with the original liner notes as well as the full libretto

Eighteenth century plays by John Hampden( Book )

25 editions published between 1928 and 1984 in English and held by 831 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cato, Jane Shore, The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb the Great, The London Merchant, The clandestine Marriage and the West Indian

The poetical works of John Gay, including 'Polly', 'The beggar's opera' and selections from the other dramatic work by John Gay( Book )

28 editions published between 1926 and 1985 in English and held by 822 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Acis and Galatea by George Frideric Handel( Recording )

28 editions published between 1951 and 2012 in English and held by 798 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Acis and Galatea: Masque in Two Acts (First Version), HWV 49. Libretto: John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Hughes

The beggar's opera by John Christopher Pepusch( Visual )

81 editions published between 1952 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 769 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A ballad opera set among London's 18th century criminal classes, full of satirical jibes about corruption in high places

Poems on several occasions : Dedicated to the Reverend Dr. Delaune, president of St. John's college in Oxford by John Gay( Book )

184 editions published between 1720 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Acis and Galatea : a masque by George Frideric Handel( )

53 editions published between 1732 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 714 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

II. Vokalmusik. 2. Oratorien

Fables by John Gay( Book )

179 editions published between 1737 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 434 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The shepherd's week : in six pastorals by John Gay( Book )

112 editions published between 1714 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In one volume complete by John Gay( Book )

218 editions published between 1764 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The distress'd wife : a comedy by John Gay( Book )

53 editions published between 1734 and 2011 in English and Irish and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three hours after marriage : a comedy by John Gay( Book )

39 editions published between 1717 and 1986 in English and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fables. By the late Mr Gay. Volume the second by John Gay( Book )

84 editions published between 1738 and 1772 in 3 languages and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fables by John Gay( Book )

32 editions published between 1727 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The beggar's opera : As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay by John Gay( Book )

75 editions published between 1752 and 1988 in English and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fables. By the late Mr. Gay by John Gay( Book )

83 editions published between 1733 and 1834 in English and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Trivia : or, the art of walking the streets of London. By Mr. Gay by John Gay( Book )

42 editions published between 1716 and 1760 in English and held by 65 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Polly : an opera. Being the second part of The beggar's opera. Written by Mr. Gay by John Gay( Book )

69 editions published between 1729 and 1777 in English and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The letters of John Gay by John Gay( Book )

12 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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