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John Gay
English poet and playwright (1685–1732)
For other people named John Gay, see John Gay (disambiguation).
John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club.[2] He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera.[3] The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.[4]
Early life
Gay was born in Barnstaple, England, last of five children of William Gay (died 1695) and Katherine (died 1694), daughter of Jonathan Hanmer, "the leading Nonconformist divine of the town"[5] as founder of the Independent Dissenting congregation in Barnstaple.
The Gay family – "fairly comfortable... though far from rich" –[6] lived in "a large house, called the Red Cross, on the corner of Joy Street".[5] The Gay family was "of respectable antiquity" in North Devon, associated with the manor of Goldsworthy at Parkham and