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ID	3895
Last Name	Gay
First Name	John
Title
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	1685-06-30
Date of Death	1732-12-04
Place of Birth	Barnstaple
Place of Death	London
VIAF URI	http://viaf.org/viaf/2480890
Wikipedia Entry	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gay
Image URL	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/John_Gay_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_13790.jpg
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Titles

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Role	Title	Date
Author	The distress'd wife. A comedy. By the late Mr. Gay. ...	1743
Author	The Theatre: or, Select Works of the British Dramatic Poets. In twelve volumes. To which are prefixed, the lives of these celebrated writers, and strictures on most of the plays.	1768
Author	Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In one volume complete.	1770
Author	Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In one volume complete.	1785
Author	A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments performed on the British stage. A new edition.	1786
Author	Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In one volume complete.	1788
Author	Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In One Volume Complete.	1792
Author	Fables by John Gay, with a life of the author, and embellished with a plate to each fable.	1793
Author	Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In one volume complete.	1796
Author	The British Theatre; or, A collection of plays, which are acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket. Printed under the authority of the managers from the prompt books. With critical and biographical remarks, by Mrs. Inchbald. In twenty-five volumes.	1808
Author	English Minstrelsy. Being a selection of fugitive poetry from the best English authors; with some original pieces hitherto unpublished. In two volumes.	1810
Author	The Modern British Drama. In five volumes.	1811
Author	The English Drama, with prefatory remarks, biographical sketches, and notes, critical and explanatory; being the only edition existing which is faithfully marked with the stage business and stage directions, as performed at the Theatres Royal. Edited by W. Oxberry, Comedian.	1818
Author	The London Stage; a collection of the most reputed tragedies, comedies, operas, melo-dramas, farces, and interludes. Accurately printed from acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, and carefully collated and revised.	1824
Author	Cumberland's British Theatre, with remarks, biographical and critical. Printed from the acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, London.	1829
Author	The Young Ladies' Class Book; a Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse. By Ebenezer Bailey, Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston.	1831
Author	The Young Ladies' Class Book; a Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse. By Ebenezer Bailey, Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston.	1832
Author	The Young Ladies' Class Book; a Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse. By Ebenezer Bailey, Principal of the Young Ladies' High School, Boston. Stereotype Edition.	1835

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"Gay, John" The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 3895, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/3895. Accessed 2024-12-18.

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