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John Gay

Plays / written by John Gay, viz. The captives : a tragedy. The beggar's opera ; Polly, or, The second part of The beggar's opera ; Achilles : an opera ; The distress'd wife : a comedy ; The rehearsal at Gotham : a farce ; to which is prefixed An account of the life and writings of the author.

London: Printed for W. Strahan., 1772.
Plays / written by John Gay, viz. The captives : a tragedy. The beggar's opera ; Polly, or, The second part of The beggar's opera ; Achilles : an opera ; The distress'd wife : a comedy ; The rehearsal at Gotham : a farce ; to which is prefixed An account of the life and writings of the author. Library Average
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George Pollock3/8/17903/10/1790Gays Plays
Benjamin S. Judah4/28/17904/30/1790Gays Plays
Abraham Herring6/9/17906/10/1790Gays Plays
Isaac M. Gomez6/17/17906/17/1790Gays Plays
Henry Remsen7/26/17908/3/1790Gays Plays
Richard Harison9/1/17909/2/1790Grays plays
Robert Smyth8/16/17918/19/1791Gay's Plays
Robert L. BowneVolume 11/8/17921/12/1792Gay's Plays
Theodorus Van WyckVolume 11/30/17921/31/1792Gays Plays
James Watson, Jr.12/2/179912/5/1799Gays Plays
James Watson, Jr.3/3/18003/4/1800Gays Plays
Philip Rhinelander2/7/18012/17/1801Gay Plays
James Robertson3/2/18013/3/1801Gay Plays
Robert C. Livingston3/7/18013/9/1801Gay's Plays
Thomas R. Smith3/13/18013/20/1801Gays Plays
John Jacob Astor3/14/18013/19/1801Gay's Plays
John Titus7/6/18017/13/1801Gays Plays
Charles Baldwin2/9/18022/10/1802Gay's Plays
John B. Murray4/14/18024/24/1802Gays Plays
Joseph Eden9/10/18029/13/1802Gay's "
Walter Burling8/9/18048/11/1804Gays Plays
John Dodgson12/10/180412/17/1804Gays Plays
William Linn12/26/180412/29/1804Gay's Plays
Peter Ogilvie1/5/18051/8/1805Gays Plays
John Mitchell Mason2/22/18053/5/1805Gays Plays
Francis L. Harison3/6/18053/8/1805Gay Plays
John T. Glover3/9/18053/23/1805Gay's Plays
John Wilson4/19/18055/2/1805Gay's Plays
William Paulding6/1/18056/22/1805Gays Plays
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