page_title: John Gay
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: John Gay / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by J. Gay. Stipple engraving by Balston. Iconographic Collections Keywords: John Gay; Baldon
context_page_description: John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera, a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.
context_section_description: Among Gay's works are:
  Wine – 1708
  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
  Acis and Galatea – 1718
  Poems on Several Occasions – 1720
  Fables (also known as Fifty-one Fables in Verse or Fables of John Gay) – 1727 (Part the Second – 1738)
  The Beggar's Opera – 1728
  Polly – 1729
  Achilles – 1733
  The Distress'd Wife – 1743
  Three Hours After Marriage – 1717
caption: "Gold in Durance."
  A miser looks at his hoard of gold through his spectacles, with six lines of poetry by John Gay.
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