John Gay Quotes
Do you think your mother and I should have liv’d comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married?
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John Gay, 1685-1732, English Poet and Playwright, The Beggar’s Opera
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John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.