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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...
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  • John Gay (1685–1732) was an English poet and dramatist. John Gay may also refer to: John Gay (philosopher) (1699–1745), English philosopher John Gay (photographer)...
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  • John Gay (1699–1745), a cousin of the poet John Gay, was an English philosopher, biblical scholar and Church of England clergyman. The greatest happiness...
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  • John Gay (April 1, 1924 – February 4, 2017) was an American screenwriter, born in Whittier, California. Gay began his career writing episodes for television...
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  • John Gayer or John Gayre may refer to: John Gayer (MP) (by 1532–71), English MP John Gayer (Lord Mayor of London) (fl. 1646) John Gayer (died 1711), English...
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    company was renamed Mount Gay Distilleries, incorporating the beloved Sir John Gay Alleyne's middle name. In 1757, Sir John Gay Alleyne was elected to the...
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  • Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright...
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  • Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer. A further version appears in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera of 1728. The words have changed over the years, as...
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    John Eamon Gay (born 7 November 1996) is a Canadian track and field Olympic Finalist who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In June 2021, at...
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  • Sir John Gay Alleyne, 1st Baronet (28 April 1724 – 1801) was a Barbadian politician and the first of the Alleyne baronets which still exists today. Alleyne...
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    Gay men are male homosexuals. Some bisexual and homoromantic men may dually identify as gay and a number of gay men also identify as queer. Historic terminology...
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    John Gay (died March 4, 1688) was a prominent early settler and selectman in Dedham, Massachusetts. Gay emigrated to America with John Winthrop on the...
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    John Gay (born Hans Ludwig Göhler: 2 September 1909 in Karlsruhe, Germany – died 24 January 1999 in Highgate, London) was a photographer. Hans was an artistic...
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  • John Gayer (by 1532 – 1571 or later), of St Mawes and Trenbrace in St Keverne, Cornwall, was an English lawyer and politician. He was a Member (MP) of...
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    John Caius (born John Kays /ˈkiːz/; 6 October 1510 – 29 July 1573), also known as Johannes Caius and Ioannes Caius, was an English physician, and second...
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  • Gay is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adelaide Gay (born 1989), American soccer goalkeeper Al Gay (1928–2013), British jazz tenor...
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    John Gay (1813 – 15 September 1885) was an English surgeon. Gay was born at Wellington, Somerset. After a successful studentship at St. Bartholomew's...
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    Gay pornography is the representation of sexual activity between males. Its primary goal is sexual arousal in its audience. Softcore gay pornography also...
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  • John Gay and music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is a sequel to Gay's The Beggar's Opera. Due to censorship, the opera was not performed in Gay's lifetime...
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  • Separate Tables (film) (category Films with screenplays by John Gay (screenwriter))
    directed by Delbert Mann and adapted for the screen by Rattigan, John Gay and an uncredited John Michael Hayes. Mary Grant and Edith Head designed the film's...
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  • Utilitarianism (category John Stuart Mill)
    that John Gay developed the first systematic theory of utilitarian ethics. In Concerning the Fundamental Principle of Virtue or Morality (1731), Gay argues...
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    lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. Gay villages often contain a number of gay-oriented establishments, such as gay bars and...
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    full-length work and a classic of English literature. The English dramatist John Gay remarked, "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery...
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    A gay bathhouse, also known as a gay sauna or a gay steambath, is a public bath targeted towards gay and bisexual men. In gay slang, a bathhouse may be...
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  • David John Gay (born 10 March 1948) is an English former international rugby union player. Gay attended the City of Bath Technical School, from where he...
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    Duncan John Gay AM (born 2 May 1950), an Australian politician, was the Vice-President of the Executive Council of New South Wales and the Leader of the...
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    Salt Lake City, since the show's inception in 2020. Gay was born in Carmel, California to parents John & Susan (Carver) Deans. She grew up in the Church...
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    Rudy Carlton Gay Jr. (born August 17, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. The forward played college basketball for the UConn...
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    successful was The Beggar's Opera of 1728, with a libretto by John Gay and music arranged by John Christopher Pepusch, both of whom probably influenced by...
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  • drama television miniseries directed by David Greene from a teleplay by John Gay, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Joe McGinniss. The miniseries...
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