John Gay

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 Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.

Partial list of works

• The Present State of Wit - 1711
• The Rural Sports - 1713
• The Shepherd's Week - 1714
• The What D'ye Call It - 1715
• Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London - 1716
• Poems on Several Occasions - 1720
• Fifty-one Fables in Verse - 1727
• The Beggar's Opera - 1728
• Polly - 1729
• Fables - 1738
• Wine