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John Gay (30 Jun 1685 - 04 Dec 1732)

Male Person - United Kingdom English poet and dramatist

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  1. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Introduction "If poverty be a title to poetry" (Beggar, Player) 1:57 (Apr 1991)
  2. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue / Overture 3:13 (Apr 1991)
  3. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Through all the employments of life" (Peachum) 0:59 (Apr 1991)
  4. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue "Sir, Black Moll hath sent word" (Filch, Peachum) 1:30 (Apr 1991)
  5. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum) 1:43 (Apr 1991)
  6. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "But 'tis now high time to look about me" (Peachum) 2:05 (Apr 1991)
  7. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "What of Bob Booty, husband?" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 0:35 (Apr 1991)
  8. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 3:45 (Apr 1991)
  9. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 3:01 (Apr 1991)
  10. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Never was a man more out the way in an argument" (Mrs Peachum) 0:23 (Apr 1991)
  11. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A maid is like the golden ore" (Mrs Peachum) 0:42 (Apr 1991)
  12. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Come hither, Filch" (Mrs Peachum, Filch) 2:17 (Apr 1991)
  13. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "I know as well as any of the fine ladies" (Polly) 0:31 (Apr 1991)
  14. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum) 2:01 (Apr 1991)
  15. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly) 2:35 (Apr 1991)
  16. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 2:17 (Apr 1991)
  17. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly) 1:41 (Apr 1991)
  18. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum) 1:14 (Apr 1991)
  19. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Dear wife, be a little pacified" (Peachum, Mrs Peachum) 0:53 (Apr 1991)
  20. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A fox may steal your hens, sir" (Peachum) 1:06 (Apr 1991)
  21. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "'Twas only Nimming Ned" (Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum) 1:49 (Apr 1991)
  22. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum) 1:19 (Apr 1991)
  23. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 1:44 (Apr 1991)
  24. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "The thing, husband, must and shall be done" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum) 0:49 (Apr 1991)
  25. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Now I'm a wretch" (Polly) 1:34 (Apr 1991)
  26. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly) 1:14 (Apr 1991)
  27. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly) 1:10 (Apr 1991)
  28. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly) 1:13 (Apr 1991)
  29. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath) 2:50 (Apr 1991)
  30. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly) 1:10 (Apr 1991)
  31. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry) 1:49 (Apr 1991)
  32. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company) 0:54 (Apr 1991)
  33. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Gentlemen, well met" (Macheath, Matt) 2:22 (Apr 1991)
  34. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt) 1:46 (Apr 1991)
  35. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "What a fool is a fond wench!" (Macheath) 0:32 (Apr 1991)
  36. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer) 2:25 (Apr 1991)
  37. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Dear Mrs Coaxer, you are welcome" (Macheath) 2:18 (Apr 1991)
  38. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen) 3:29 (Apr 1991)
  39. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen) 1:51 (Apr 1991)
  40. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath) 1:17 (Apr 1991)
  41. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "I seize you, sir, as my prisoner" (Peachum, Macheath) 0:43 (Apr 1991)
  42. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum) 0:36 (Apr 1991)
  43. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny) 0:58 (Apr 1991)
  44. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Noble Captain, you are welcome" (Lockit, Macheath) 1:32 (Apr 1991)
  45. The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath) 1:46 (Apr 1991)
  46. What Shall I Do to Show How Much I Love Her 2:14 (03 Dec 1996)
  47. The Beggar's Opera, end of Act II (1 of 3) 1:06 (2007)
  48. The Beggar's Opera, end of Act II (2 of 3) 2:51 (2007)
  49. The Beggar's Opera, end of Act II (3 of 3) 1:56 (2007)
  50. Overture 2:46 ()
  51. Thro' All the Employment of Life 0:59 ()
  52. 'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind 1:03 ()
  53. If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear 0:44 ()
  54. Our Polly Is a Sad Slut 0:35 ()
  55. Can Love Be Controlled by Advice 1:29 ()
  56. O, Polly, You Have Been Toyed and Kissed 1:53 ()
  57. As Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir 0:36 ()
  58. O Ponder Well 1:36 ()
  59. The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying 1:38 ()
  60. My Heart Was So Free 0:39 ()
  61. Where I Laid on Greenlands's Coast, O What a Pain It Is to Part 3:43 ()
  62. Fill Every Glass; Let Us Take to the Road 2:31 ()
  63. If the Heart of a Man 1:21 ()
  64. Youth's the Season 2:21 ()
  65. Before the Barn-Door Crowimg 0:53 ()
  66. How Cruel Are the Traitors 1:26 ()
  67. When You Censure the Age 0:56 ()
  68. Is Then His Fate Degreed? 0:51 ()
  69. How Happy I Could Be With Either 0:42 ()
  70. I'm Bubbled, I'm Bubbled 0:40 ()
  71. Cease Your Funning 1:46 ()
  72. Why, How Now Madam Flirt 0:40 ()
  73. No Power on Earth 1:44 ()
  74. Interlude 1:24 ()
  75. When Young at the Bar 1:25 ()
  76. I'm Like a Skiff 0:51 ()
  77. Thus Gamesters United 1:07 ()
  78. The Modes of the Court 0:57 ()
  79. In the Days of My Youth 0:56 ()
  80. A Curse Attends That Woman's Love 1:20 ()
  81. Come, Sweet Lass 0:32 ()
  82. Hither, Dear Husband 1:22 ()
  83. Which Way Shall I Turn Me? 0:49 ()
  84. The Charge Is Prepared 1:19 ()
  85. Dance of the Prisoners in Chains 1:01 ()
  86. Would I Be Hang'd 2:08 ()
  87. Finale: Thus I Stand Like the Turk 1:24 ()
  88. Finale: Thus I Stand Like the Turk 2 24:00 ()