John Gay
/ˌdʒɒn ˈɡeɪ/
/ˌdʒɑːn ˈɡeɪ/
- (1685-1732) an English writer of poems and plays. Most of his work was satirical, and his greatest success, The Beggar's Opera, was banned from British theatres. He was a friend of Alexander Pope and wrote the words for Handel's Acis and Galatea.
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