birth_date: 1685-06-30 00:00:00
avg_rating: 3.49
name: John Gay
about: Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.John Gay 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. Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.John Gay 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. ...more
death_date: 1732-12-04 00:00:00