Previous posts for June 30th are found here: Esa-Pekka Salonen (2019), Lena Horne (2020), and Florence Ballard (2021)
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John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an important English poet and dramatist best remembered for the libretto of The Beggar's Opera.
Triplets à la Mode
The Beggar’s Opera took the stage
And very soon was all the rage
In London of th’Augustan age.
The songs of this successful play
Wed modish music of the day
To snappy lyrics by John Gay.
A play so bawdy and adult
Induced a foreordained result
And spawned a ballad opera cult.
It wasn’t all just bays and laurels,
There were, of course, religious quarrels
About the show's effect on morals,
But in the end the devil won,
And Londoners had lots of fun
Throughout a most successful run.
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