John Gay

Birth: 1685

Death: 1732

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

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An open foe may prove

John Gay

An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.

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