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Total number of records: 132

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
English Literature	92
Brotherton Collection	74
Herbert Read Collection	2
Ripon Cathedral	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
ballad operas	9
fables, english	5
english drama	4
masques	3
ballad opera	3
masques with music	3
french drama	2
opera, english	1
predestination	1
musicals	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Gay, John (1685-1732)	132
Gay, John	32
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)	32
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)	25
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)	24
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)	12
Pepusch, John Christopher (1667-1752)	10
Pope, Alexander	9
Dryden, John (1631-1700)	5
Dryden, John	5

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	2
From 1700	110
From 1800	14
From 1900	6

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1799	106
Up to 1899	20
Up to 1999	6

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The beggar's opera

Gay, John (1685-1732); Pepusch, John Christopher (1667-1752); Oxberry, William Henry (1804-1871)

1818

At head of title: Oxberry's edition. "W. Oxberry and Co. printers, 8, White Hart Yard"--Verso of t.p. Pages 37-48 numbered 73-84.

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The beggar's opera

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1787

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The beggar's opera : in three acts

Gay, John (1685-1732); Inchbald, Mrs (1753-1821)

[1808?]

"As performed at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Printed under the authority of the managers from the prompt book."

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Achilles : an opera, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1779

Printed in double columns. Without the music.

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The poetical works of John Gay : with the life of the author

Gay, John (1685-1732); Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

1803?

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The poetical works of John Gay

Gay, John (1685-1732)

1811

Contents: Fables; Trivia; The Shepherd's Week; The Fan; Rural Sports; Acis and Galatea; Epistles; Tales; Eclogues; Songs and Ballads; Elegies; Gondibert; Miscellanies.

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