John Gay(1685-1732)

Writer
Music Department
Soundtrack

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John Gay was born on 30 June 1685 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Emma (1996), Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) and The Beggar's Opera (1953). He died on 4 December 1732 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma (1996)

6.6

Soundtrack("Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower")

1996

Googie Withers in Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

Pink String and Sealing Wax

6.7

Music Department

1945

The Beggar's Opera (1953)

The Beggar's Opera

6.1

Writer

1953

Josef Abrhám and Libuse Safránková in The Beggar's Opera (1991)

The Beggar's Opera

6.8

Writer

1991

Credits

Writer

Die Dreigroschenoper
TV Movie
- based on the opera by
- 2021
Acis and Galatea
7.8
TV Movie
- libretto
- 2009
The Beggar's Opera
6.8
- libretto "The Beggar's Opera"
- 1991
The Beggar's Opera
6.2
TV Movie
- by
- 1983
The ITV Play
TV Series
- libretto
- 1969
Die Bettleroper
TV Movie
- libretto "The Beggar's Opera"
- 1967
The Beggar's Opera
TV Movie
- written by
- 1963
The Beggar's Opera
6.1
- libretto
- 1953
CBS Television Workshop
6.5
TV Series
- libretto
- 1952
The Beggar's Opera
TV Movie
- libretto
- 1948
Polly
TV Movie
- writer
- 1947
The Beggar's Opera
TV Movie
- by
- 1946
Damon and Phyllida
TV Short
- written by
- 1937
Polly
TV Movie
- written by
- 1937

Music Department

Soundtrack

Assassin's Creed III
7.9
Video Game
- writer: "If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear" (uncredited)
- 2012
A Harlot's Progress
6.9
TV Movie
- lyrics: "Virgins are Like the Fair Flower (The Beggar's Opera)"
- 2006
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
7.7
TV Mini Series
- lyrics: "Air XX, The Beggar's Opera: March in Rinaldo"
- writer: "Air XX, The Beggar's Opera: March in Rinaldo"
- 1997
Emma
7.0
TV Movie
- lyrics: "Over the Hills and Far Away" (uncredited)
- 1996
Emma
6.6
- Soundtrack ("Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower")
- 1996
Poldark
8.3
TV Series
- lyrics: "How Happy Could I Be With Either" (uncredited)
- 1976
The Female Bunch
4.3
- lyrics: "Two Lonely People"
- music: "Two Lonely People"
- 1971
Civilisation
8.7
TV Mini Series
- writer: "In the days of my youth" (uncredited)
- 1969
Pride and Prejudice
7.2
TV Series
- Soundtrack ("O ponder well! Be not severe")
- 1967
Pink String and Sealing Wax
6.7
- writer: "Virtue's Treasure" (uncredited)
- 1945

Personal details

Born
- June 30, 1685
- Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK
Died
- December 4, 1732
- London, England, UK
Other works
The Beggar's Opera
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- 4 Print Biographies

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