John Gay
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.
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Three Hours after Marriage
A newly married couple's life turns upside down with doubts, flirtations, and secrets just hours after saying "I do."
By John Gay
The Beggar's Opera; to Which is Prefixed the Musick to Each Song
In a world where love and crime collide, a charming outlaw finds himself entangled in a web of betrayal, orchestrated by his lover's father, a notorious thief-taker.
By John Gay
The Beggar's Opera
In a world where crooks are captivating and society's rules are a joke, a highwayman's tangled love life threatens to expose everyone's dirty secrets.
By John Gay