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John Gay (I) (1685–1732)

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(age 47) in London, England, UK

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Filmography

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2006 A Harlot's Progress (TV movie) (lyrics: "Virgins are Like the Fair Flower The Beggar's Opera")
 
1997 The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (TV mini-series)
 
1996 Emma (TV movie) (lyrics: "Over the Hills and Far Away")
 
1996 Emma ("Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower")
 
1976 Poldark (TV series)
Episode #1.15 (1976) (lyrics: "How Happy Could I Be With Either")
 
1971 The Female Bunch (music: "Two Lonely People" / lyrics: "Two Lonely People")
 
1969 Civilisation (TV series documentary)
The Smile of Reason (1969) (writer: "In the days of my youth" - uncredited)
 
1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax (writer: "Virtue's Treasure" - uncredited)
 
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2009 Acis and Galatea (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1991 The Beggar's Opera (libretto "The Beggar's Opera")
 
1983 The Beggar's Opera (TV movie) (by)
 
1953 The Beggar's Opera (libretto)
 
1952 CBS Television Workshop (TV series)
The Beggar's Opera (1952) (libretto)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1993) His play, "The Beggar's Opera", was performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with David Burt, Paul Jesson, Alan Cox, Jasper Britton and Jenna Russell in the cast. John Caird was the director. Ilona Sekacz was the musical director. See more »

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Cancer