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Barnstaple
Barnstaple () is a town and civil parish in the local government district of North Devon in the county of Devon in England. It lies west southwest of Bristol, north of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter.
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English people
The English (from ) are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens.
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Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was a British author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.
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Theocritus
Theocritus (), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.
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Thomas Otway
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Gay, John Filmography
- Around the World in 80 Days (1999)
- Summer of Fear (1996)
- Trick of the Eye (1994)
- Trial: The Price of Passion (1992)
- Cruel Doubt (1992)
- The Burden of Proof (1992)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1991)
- Blind Faith (1990)
- Final Notice (1989)
- Doubletake (1988)
- Inherit the Wind (1988)
- Windmills of the Gods (1988)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
- Six Against the Rock (1987)
- Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986)
- Samson and Delilah (1984)
- Fatal Vision (1984)
- Ivanhoe (1982)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
- The Long Summer of George Adams (1982)
- A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
- The Bunker (1981)
- Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
- Dial M for Murder (1981)
- Stand by Your Man (1981)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
- A Private Battle (1980)
- Transplant (1979)
- Les Miserables (1978)
- Golden Rendezvous (1977)
- Captains Courageous (1977)
- The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977)
- The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
- Kill Me If You Can (1977)
- A Matter of Time (1976)
- Adventures of the Queen (1975)
- Hennessy (1975)
- The Red Badge of Courage (1974)
- The Chadwick Family (1974)
- The Chadwick Family (1974)
- Things in Their Season (1974)
- My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973)
- Pocket Money (1972)
- All My Darling Daughters (1972)
- Soldier Blue (1970)
- Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)
- The Power (1968)
- No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
- The Last Safari (1967)
- Texas Across the River (1966)
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
- The Happy Thieves (1961)
- Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
- Separate Tables (1958)
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The Beggar's Opera (The Broadside Band, conductor: Jeremy Barlow)
Released 1991
Released 1991
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Introduction "If poverty be a title to poetry" (Beggar, Player)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue / Overture
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Through all the employments of life" (Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue "Sir, Black Moll hath sent word" (Filch, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "But 'tis now high time to look about me" (Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "What of Bob Booty, husband?" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Never was a man more out the way in an argument" (Mrs Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A maid is like the golden ore" (Mrs Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Come hither, Filch" (Mrs Peachum, Filch)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "I know as well as any of the fine ladies" (Polly)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Dear wife, be a little pacified" (Peachum, Mrs Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A fox may steal your hens, sir" (Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "'Twas only Nimming Ned" (Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "The thing, husband, must and shall be done" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Now I'm a wretch" (Polly)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly)
- 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)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Gentlemen, well met" (Macheath, Matt)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "What a fool is a fond wench!" (Macheath)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Dear Mrs Coaxer, you are welcome" (Macheath)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "I seize you, sir, as my prisoner" (Peachum, Macheath)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Noble Captain, you are welcome" (Lockit, Macheath)
- The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath)
Born: 1685-06-30
Died: 1732-12-04
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Robbie Williams - John's gay
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- Duration: 3:49
- Published: 30 Dec 2007
- Updated: 05 Sep 2012
Well.. here i leave a song of Robbie. I don't know if it's a b-side or something, because this track isn't known. I post it on youtube 'cos i looked for this song here and i didn't found it. I hope you'll enjoy ;)
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John Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Song of Mr.Peachum (2005)
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- Duration: 3:29
- Published: 07 May 2008
- Updated: 05 Jul 2011
See Rupert Bergmann as Mr.Peachum in a scene from the 1.act of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" with Anne Millea (Mrs.Peachum) and Romana Beutel (Polly Peachum), sung in german. Music by Johann Christoph Pepusch, staging by Peter Pawlik, production Kammeroper Wien 2005
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KWLT Presents John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera"
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- Duration: 115:04
- Published: 10 Mar 2011
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
KWLT's September 2009 presentation of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera", directed by Chris Rovers. Uploaded with permission of the copyright holders. Music arrangement by Margaret Rovers.
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Colin Morgan - Our John is a gay man now... [Catherine Tate Xmas Show 2007]
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- Duration: 4:12
- Published: 25 Nov 2009
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Colin Morgan as John Leary Original Air Date: 25 December 2007 Note: This is made from a fan for fans. No copyright infringement intended. The rights belong to their respective owners.
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Gay John
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- Duration: 5:25
- Published: 16 Oct 2007
- Updated: 29 Jul 2012
Gay John Catherine tate
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John Mulaney - Homeless, Gay, AIDS, and New in Town
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- Duration: 2:35
- Published: 29 Jun 2012
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
From New in Town.
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Adam & John - In Private (Gay Themed) (JJprods)
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- Duration: 6:00
- Published: 11 Jun 2012
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
Buy the dvd clicking here: www.amazon.com or rent it here: www.amazon.com Title of the movie: Going down in La-la-land (2011) Directed by Casper Andreas Songs: Jim Verraros - Welcome to Hollywood Pet Shop Boys feat. Elton John - In Private Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED
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JOHN TRAVOLTA GAY?? Adult Content
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- Duration: 2:06
- Published: 10 May 2012
- Updated: 02 Aug 2012
Up your nose with a rubber hose if you can't take a joke!!
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John Watson- My Whole Family Thinks I'm Gay
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- Duration: 2:28
- Published: 08 Feb 2012
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
John Watson says he's not gay. But the world does not agree Poor John, everyone forcing Johnlock feels on him Spoof on BBC's Sherlock-- specifically John's immortal words "I'm not gay" repeated 34357352 times in the series-- done to "My Whole Family Thinks I'm Gay" by Bo Burnam. Clips belong to the amazing people creating Sherlock. shameless Tumblr promotion: sherlock-and-other-things.tumblr.com
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Religion and Gay Marriage
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 15 May 2012
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
In which John discusses marriage equality, what a traditional marriage actually is, and what role (if any) theological understandings of marriage play in the legal definition of marriage. Let's continue this conversation in comments, but in doing so, let's remember that nerdfighteria is about respect and generosity. Thanks. HERE ARE A LOT OF LINKS TO NERDFIGHTASTIC THINGS: Shirts and Stuff: dftba.com Hank's Music: dftba.com John's Books: amzn.to ====================== Hank's Twitter: www.twitter.com Hank's Facebook: www.facebook.com Hank's tumblr: edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com John's Twitter www.twitter.com John's Facebook: www.facebook.com John's tumblr: fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com ====================== Other Channels Crash Course www.youtube.com SciShow: www.youtube.com Gaming: www.youtube.com VidCon: www.youtube.com Hank's Channel: www.youtube.com Truth or Fail: www.youtube.com ====================== Nerdfighteria effyeahnerdfighters.com effyeahnerdfighters.com reddit.com nerdfighteria.info A Bunny (\(\ ( - -) ((') (')
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NBA Pro's Show OUT In Vegas!!! John Wall, Rudy Gay, And Many More At Impact Basketball League!
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- Duration: 4:59
- Published: 25 Sep 2011
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Here is the full recap of the Impact Competitive League held in Las Vegas, NV. The event featured over 60 NBA Pro's. Featured in this mix is John Wall, Rudy Gay, Iman Shumpert, Sebastian Telfair, James Anderson, Jamaal Tinsley, TJ Ford, Terrico White, Rashard Lewis, Kenyon Martin, Eric Bledsoe, DeMar DeRozan, Derrick Caracter, Christian Eyenga, Josh Selby, JaVale McGee, JJ Hickson, Jordan Crawford, Samardo Samuels, Marreese Speights, Jeremy Tyler, OJ Mayo, Travis Leslie, Corey Brewer, Avery Bradley, Jermaine Taylor, Jermaine O'Neal, Chauncey Billups, Corey Maggette, and Jeremy Evans.
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John Bishop 'Goes Gay' with Graham - The Graham Norton Show, preview - BBC One
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- Duration: 4:39
- Published: 25 Feb 2011
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
More on this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Graham and his guests play 'Gay or European' with the audience.
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Rudy Gay Flies In For The CRAZY Putback! Impact Day 6 RecapFt. John Wall. OJ Mayo, And Many More!
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- Duration: 2:10
- Published: 21 Sep 2011
- Updated: 02 Sep 2012
Featuring Rudy Gay, Josh Selby, Iman Shumpert, Kenyon Martin, Christian Eyenga, Jamaal Tinsley, Corey Brewer, JaVale McGee. Jermaine Taylor, Jordan Crawford, John Wall, JJ Hickson, Chauncey Billups, Jeremy Evans, OJ Mayo, Marreese Speights, and more!
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The Catherine Tate Show - Series 3 - Johns a Gay Man Now Full HQ
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- Duration: 5:14
- Published: 22 Mar 2009
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
"Did You Hear About Our john.. He's A gay Man Now"
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John McCain's Gay Chief of Staff, Mark Buse (videotaped by his ex-boyfriend)
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- Duration: 0:41
- Published: 22 Sep 2008
- Updated: 12 May 2012
Antigay John McCain -- a man who is opposed to every current gay rights measure and chose the hard-core evangelical Sarah Palin as his running mate-- has a gay chief of staff. The story corresponding to this video is on my website, www.signorile.com
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Chick-Fil-A vs. The Gays. The confusing world of John Fugelsang.
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- Duration: 5:29
- Published: 04 Sep 2012
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
OVER CAFFEINATED!!!
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"Call Me Gaybe" Carly Rae Jepsen Parody
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 17 May 2012
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
Some friends having good, clean, heterosexual fun. Check out Randell's interview here by Murray Newland www.youtube.com Randell's Fan Page www.facebook.com Jason Jones Twitter - @JasieJayy Randell Luangrath Twitter - @pimpmyrice Joey Zelenak Twitter - @Joey_101_ John Woernor Twitter - @jobothahobo Alex Naquin Twitter - @naquin_onwood
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Ellen Degeneres Vs. John McCain: Gay Marriage
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- Duration: 2:58
- Published: 22 May 2008
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
John McCain, opposed to gay marriage, gets questioned by Ellen Degeneres. There are a few moments where his face looks truly pissed. Aired on May 22, 2008. DISCLAIMER: I do not own this video and my purpose in uploading it is to promote The Ellen Degeneres Show. Free promotion and publicity is a good thing! gay marriage opposition opposed ellen degeneres show voting election barack obama hillary clinton democrat democratic republican senator john mccain mc cain mac cain maccain
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Naya Rivera, Cory Monteith & John Stamos at the GLAAD Media Awards #glaadawards
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- Duration: 3:13
- Published: 25 Mar 2012
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
glaad.org - The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. Learn more at glaad.org
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Rep. Kriesel's Full Speech On Gay Marriage, Bucking The GOP
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- Duration: 5:57
- Published: 22 May 2011
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Representative John Kriesel is one of the few Republican legislators to oppose a Minnesota constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. He explains how he came to that position even though it does not jive with most other Republicans.
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John Waters: Coming Out Is So Square
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- Duration: 3:03
- Published: 14 Jun 2011
- Updated: 09 Sep 2012
bigthink.com John Waters knew he was gay the moment he saw Elvis Presley, but people rarely asked him about his sexuality because they feared it was something "worse" than homosexuality. "They were afraid to hear the answer," he says.
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CM Punk Funny Moments 2011
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- Duration: 10:54
- Published: 01 Sep 2011
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
CM Punk owned everyone cena triple h johnny ace stephanie kevin nash even the wwe universe
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Gay Yaoi Boys In Love
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- Duration: 3:39
- Published: 03 Sep 2012
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
A treat for a lovely artist friend of mine. I have never invested so much of my life into one video. John - danithedoommagnet.tumblr.com Dave - blinkyxx.tumblr.com Music - Sleepless Beauty from Gravitation and a random Youtube rap beat Art - emmilions.tumblr.com Homestuck - Andrew Hussie
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HOOKER John Gay has been offered the chance to join York City Knights. Gay has impressed head coach Chris Thorman during a trial period at Huntington Stadium that has included appearances in the pre-season friendlies against Leeds and Keighley. Previously on Hull KR’s books until a year ago, Gay...(size: 2.8Kb)
Gunns' John Gay on insider trading charges
13 Dec 2011
The Australian
THE former chairman of Australia's biggest timber company appeared in court yesterday charged with insider trading. John Gay, who resigned as executive chairman of stock exchange-listed Tasmanian-based timber company Gunns last year, faced two charges of inside share trading in the Launceston...(size: 2.6Kb)
The Daily Telegraph Australia
FORMER Gunns Ltd executive chairman John Gay appeared in the Launceston Magistrates Court today on two counts of insider trading. John Eugene Gay, 68, of Clarence...(size: 1.1Kb)
England Observed: John Gay photos
04 Jul 2011
BBC News
Visitors to the Oxfordshire Museum will be able to see an exhibition of photographs by...(size: 0.6Kb)
Arkansas grocery store shields shoppers from seeing Elton John's gay family magazine cover
28 Jan 2011
Newsvine
Elton John's gay family magazine cover has been deemed offensive to young grocery...(size: 0.6Kb)
John: Gays 'second-class' citizens in U.S.
24 Jan 2011
Newsday
Sir Elton John is "fed up" with being a treated like a "second-class citizen" in the U.S. That's why the 63-year-old gay singer said he took a stand last week during a performance at a private Beverly Hills fundraiser for the ongoing legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban. The outspoken...(size: 6.9Kb)
Huffington Post
Elton John has changed his tune on gay marriage. The legendary musician and gay icon performed at a $3 million fundraiser for the American Foundation for Equal Rights in support of marriage rights, and issued some harsh words for opponents of equality. "It seems so ridiculous I could be with my...(size: 3.1Kb)
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Elton John, 'A Gay,' Faces Egypt Ban
03 May 2010
Huffington Post
Elton John is supposed to give a private concert in Egypt May 18, but a music organization is colluding with authorities to ban him from performing. "How do we allow a gay, who wants to ban...(size: 1.3Kb)
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Boston Herald
Elton John's latest Broadway musical, “Lestat,” is being described by critics as “bloody awful,” “sucked of life” and the “kiss of death.” Based on Anne Rice's popular vampire novels, “Lestat”...(size: 1.7Kb)
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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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Early life[link]
Gay was born in Barnstaple, England and was educated at the town's grammar school. On leaving school he was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London, but being weary, according to Samuel Johnson, "of either the restraint or the servility of his occupation", he soon returned to Barnstaple, where he was educated by his uncle, the Rev. John Hanmer, the Nonconformist minister of the town. He then returned to London.
Early career[link]
The dedication of his Rural Sports (1713) to Alexander Pope was the beginning of a lasting friendship. In 1714, Gay wrote The Shepherd's Week, a series of six pastorals drawn from English rustic life. Pope had urged him to undertake this task in order to ridicule the Arcadian pastorals of Ambrose Philips, who had been praised by a short-lived contemporary publication The Guardian, to the neglect of Pope's claims as the first pastoral writer of the age and the true English Theocritus. Gay's pastorals achieved this goal and his ludicrous pictures of the English country lads and their loves were found to be entertaining on their own account.
Gay had just been appointed secretary to the British ambassador to the court of Hanover through the influence of Jonathan Swift when the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, three months later put an end to all his hopes of official employment.
In 1715, probably with some help from Pope, he produced What d'ye call it?, a dramatic skit on contemporary tragedy, with special reference to Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd. It left the public so ignorant of its real meaning that Lewis Theobald and Benjamin Griffin published a Complete Key to what d'ye call it to explain it. In 1716 appeared his Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London, a poem in three books, for which he acknowledged having received several hints from Swift. It contains graphic and humorous descriptions of the London of that period. What is most interesting about the poem, however, is not the fact that it depicts the city with photographic accuracy, but that it acts as a guide to the upper, and upper-middle class walkers of society. In taking a mock-heroic form, Gay's poem was able to poke fun at the notion of complete reformation of street civility, whilst also proposing an idea of reform in terms of the attitude towards walking. In January 1717 he produced the comedy, Three Hours after Marriage, which was grossly indecent without being amusing and a failure. He had assistance from Pope and John Arbuthnot, but they allowed it to be assumed that Gay was the sole author.
Patrons[link]
Gay had numerous patrons, and in 1720 he published Poems on Several Occasions by subscription, taking in £1000 or more. In that year James Craggs, the secretary of state, presented him with some South Sea stock. Gay, disregarding the advice of Pope and others of his friends, invested all his money in South Sea stock, and, holding on to the end of the South Sea Bubble, he lost everything. The shock is said to have made him dangerously ill. His friends did not fail him at this juncture. He had patrons in William Pulteney, afterwards Earl of Bath, in the third Earl of Burlington, who constantly entertained him at Chiswick or at Burlington House, and in the third Duke of Queensberry. He was a frequent visitor with Pope, and received unvarying kindness from William Congreve and John Arbuthnot. In 1727 he wrote for six year old Prince William, later the Duke of Cumberland, Fifty-one Fables in Verse, for which he naturally hoped to gain some preferment, although he has much to say in them of the servility of courtiers and the vanity of court honours. He was offered the situation of gentleman-usher to the Princess Louisa, who was also still a child. He refused this offer, which all his friends seem to have regarded as an indignity. He had never rendered any special services to the court.
The Beggar's Opera[link]
He certainly did nothing to conciliate the favour of the government by his next work, The Beggar's Opera, a Ballad opera produced on the January 29, 1728 by John Rich, in which Sir Robert Walpole was caricatured. This famous piece, which was said to have made "Rich gay and Gay rich", was an innovation in many respects. The satire of the play has a double allegory. The characters of Peachum and Macheath represent the famous highwayman and gangster Jonathan Wild and the cockney housebreaker Jack Sheppard. At the same time, Jonathan Wild was understood to represent Robert Walpole, whose government had been tolerant of Wild's thievery and the South Sea directors' escape from punishment. Under cover of the thieves and highwaymen who figured in it was disguised a satire on society, for Gay made it plain that in describing the moral code of his characters he had in mind the corruptions of the governing class. Part of the success of The Beggar's Opera may have been due to the acting of Lavinia Fenton, afterwards Duchess of Bolton, in the part of Polly Peachum. The play ran for sixty-two nights. Swift is said to have suggested the subject, and Pope and Arbuthnot were constantly consulted while the work was in progress, but Gay must be regarded as the sole author. After seeing an early version of the work, Swift was optimistic of its commercial prospects but famously warned Gay to be cautious with his earnings: "I beg you will be thrifty and learn to value a shilling."
Later career[link]
He wrote a sequel, Polly, relating the adventures of Polly Peachum in the West Indies; its production was forbidden by the Lord Chamberlain, no doubt through the influence of Walpole. This act of "oppression" caused no loss to Gay. It proved an excellent advertisement for Polly, which was published by subscription in 1729, and brought its author several thousand pounds. The Duchess of Queensberry was dismissed from court for enlisting subscribers in the palace. The Duke of Queensberry gave Gay a home, and the duchess continued her affectionate patronage until Gay's death, which took place on December 4, 1732. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. The epitaph on his tomb is by Pope, and is followed by Gay's own mocking couplet:
- Life is a jest, and all things show it,
- I thought so once, and now I know it.
Partial list of works[link]
- Wine - 1708
- The Present State of Wit - 1711
- The Rural Sports - 1713
- The Shepherd's Week - 1714
- The What D'ye Call It - 1715
- Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London - 1716
- Acis and Galatea - 1718
- Poems on Several Occasions - 1720
- Fables (also known as Fifty-one Fables in Verse or Fables of John Gay) - 1727 (Part the Second - 1738)
- The Beggar's Opera - 1728
- Polly - 1729
- Achilles - 1733
- The Distress'd Wife - 1734
- Three Hours After Marriage
See also[link]
References[link]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "John Gay". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John_Gay.
Bibliography[link]
- Melville, Lewis (1921). Life and Letters of John Gay (1685-1732): Author of "The Beggar's Opera". Daniel O'Connor.
- Gaye, Phoebe Fenwick (1938). John Gay: His place in the Eighteenth Century (Illustrated ed.). Collins.
- Irving, William Henry (1940). John Gay: favorite of the wits. Duke University Press.
- Gay, John (1966). Burgess, C.F. ed. The Letters of John Gay. Oxford.
- Warner, Oliver (1971). John Gay. Writers and Their Work: No 171 (Rev. ed.). For the British Council by Longman.
- Gay, John (1974). Dearing, Vinton A. ed. Poetry and Prose [2 volumes]. Oxford. ISBN 0-19-811897-X.
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| Name | John Gay |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | English Poet |
| Date of birth | (1685-06-30)30 June 1685 |
| Place of birth | Barnstaple, England |
| Date of death | 4 December 1732(1732-12-04) |
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