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John Gay
Sign in to saveAmerican screenwriter (1924-2017)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1685-06-30
- Died
- 1732-12-04
- Works
- 290
Top works
- [Fugitive pieces]
- The poetical works of John Gay
- The beggar's opera
- Fables in two parts
- The much admired air, Cease your funning
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Film & TV
Whittier, California, USA
John Gay (April 1, 1924 – February 4, 2017) was an American screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service — Hammond1969
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1939-04-02
- Active to
- 1984-04-01
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 822
- Total plays
- 17,225
John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names. Gay was born in Barnstaple, England and was educated at the town's grammar school. On leaving school he was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London, but being weary, according to Samuel Johnson <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Gay">Rea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Gay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Whittier
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- date of birth
- 1924-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- date of death
- 2017-02-04
- writing language
- English language
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