John Gay
John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) 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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The Beggar's Opera, Prologue - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • Overture - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Overture - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • Thro' all the employments of life - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 2. Thro' All the Employments of Life - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • 'Tis woman that seduces all mankind - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 3. Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • If love the virgin's heart invade - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 5. If Love the Virgins Heart Invades - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • A maid is like the golden ore - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 6. A Maid Is Like the Golden Ore - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • Virgins are like the fair flower - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 7. Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • Our Polly is a sad slut (Duet) - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 8. Our Polly Is a Sad Slut - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • Can love be controlled by advice? - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 9. Can Love Be Controlled by Advice? - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed (Duet) - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 10. O Polly You Might Be Toyed or Kissed - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • O ponder well - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 11. I Like a Ship in Storms Was Tossed - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • Pretty Polly, say (Duet) - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 12. A Fox May Steal Your Hens - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • My heart was so free - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 13. O Ponder Well - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • Were I laid on Greenland's coast - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 15. Pretty Polly Say - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT I • O what pain it is to part (Duet) - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 16. My Heart Was so Free - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT II (Beginning) • Fill every glass (Solo & Chorus) - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 17. Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT II • Let us take the road (Solo & Chorus) - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 1, Scene 1, Peachum's House: 18. Oh What Pain It Is to Part - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT II • f the heart of a man - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 1, A Tavern Near Newgate: 20. Fill Every Glass - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT II • Before the barn-door crowing (Solo & Dance) - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 1, A Tavern Near Newgate: 21. Let Us Take the Road - The Beggar's Opera -
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ACT II • At the tree I shall suffer - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 1, A Tavern Near Newgate: 22. If the Heart of a Man - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 1, A Tavern Near Newgate: 24. Youth's the Season - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 1, A Tavern Near Newgate: 26. Before the Barn Door - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 1, A Tavern Near Newgate: 27. At the Tree I Shall Sufferr - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 2, Newgate Prison: 30. Man May Escape from Rope and Gun - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 2, Newgate Prison: 31. How Cruel Are the Traitors - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 2, Newgate Prison: 33. When You Censure the Age - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 2, Newgate Prison: 35. How Happy Could I Be with Either - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 2, Newgate Prison: 36. I'm Bubbled I'm Bubbled - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 2, Scene 2, Newgate Prison: 37. Cease Your Funning - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 41.The Modes of the Court so Common Are Grown - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 43. In the Days of My Youth - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 45. Entrance of Lucy - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 46. I'm Like a Skiff on the Ocean Tost - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 47. Come, Sweet Lass - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 48. Hither, Dear Husband - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 49. Which Way Shall I Turn Me? - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 1, A Gaming House: 50. The Charge Is Prepared - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 2, The Condemned Hold: 52. Macheath's Soliloquy - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 2, The Condemned Hold: 53. Would I Might Be Hang'd - The Beggar's Opera -
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The Beggar's Opera, Act 3, Scene 2, The Condemned Hold: 54. Thus I Stand Like the Turk - The Beggar's Opera -
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