John Gay

The 1728 play ridicules a broad spectrum of political figures and social conventions, depicting crime and vice at every level of society.

The Beggar's Opera

With The Beggar's Opera (1728), Gay invented the ballad opera. It is here published for the first time with its sequel, Polly, in which Macheath and Polly Peachum are transplanted to the West Indies. Together the plays offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws are impossible to tell apart.

The Beggar's Opera and Polly

Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London

Trivia

or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London

Written by Mr. Gay

Poems of John Gay

The Poetical Works of John Gay

The Poetical Works of John Gay: Introductory memoir, longer poems, Epistles and epistolatory verse. Eclogues.- v. 2. Translations. Prdogues and epiloguos, Fables. Poems from 'Gay's chair', Miscellaneous pieces, Songs and ballads

In Four Volumes. To which is Added an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author ...

The Works of Mr. John Gay

A scholarly edition of dramatic works by John Gay. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

Dramatic Works

The poetical works of John Gay, ed. by J. Underhill

John Gay's Singspiele

The fables of John Gay, ed. with bibliogr. appendix by W.H.K. Wright

Fables

An Opera in Three Acts

The Poetical Works of John Gay: Translations, Prologues and epilogues, Fables, Poems from 'Gay's chair', Miscellaneous pieces, Songs and ballads

John Christopher Pepusch

An Opera. Being the Second Part of the Beggar's Opera

Polly

Excerpt from The Beggar's Opera Player. As we live by the Mules, it is but Gratitude in us to encourage Poetical Merit wherever we find it. The Mufes', contrary to all other Ladies, pay no Dill tinetion to Dreis, and never partially mifiakethe Peri: nefs of Embroidery for Wit, nor the'modefty of West for Dulnefs. Be the Author. Who he will, we puih, his Play as far as it will go. So though you are in Want) I wifh'you fuccel's heartily. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Beggar's Opera (Classic Reprint)

John Gay

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