https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu Сделано не сводя глаз с приза en-us 2020-04-13 09:54:21 UTC 2023-02-18 05:09:15 UTC hello@padlet.com leonid867 https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504295273 John Gay was born on June 30, 1685, in Barnstaple, Devonshire. Orphaned at age 10, he was sent to the local grammar school until, aged about 17, he was apprenticed to a silk dealer in London. Possibly because of illness, he was released from this apprenticeship in 1706 and returned to Barnstaple.]]> 2020-04-13 09:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504295273 leonid867 https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504296067 In 1708 he became Aaron Hill's secretary, helping especially with Hill's question-and-answer periodical paper, the British Apollo. That year Gay published his first poem, Wine; his first published prose, The Present State of Wit, a critical account of all the current journals, appeared in 1711.]]> 2020-04-13 09:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504296067 leonid867 https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504296591 Gay was domestic steward in the household of the Duchess of Monmouth from 1712 to 1714. Something between a secretary and a wit in residence, Gay gained financial security and freedom to write without loss of independence. As a result, 1713 was a most productive year for him, with the publication of six poems, at least two essays, and a play. The play, The Wife of Bath, was a failure; one poem, The Fan, was popular enough to establish a poetic fad.]]> 2020-04-13 09:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504296591 leonid867 https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504297138 The Beggar's Opera opened on Jan. 29, 1728, and ran for 62 nights—an unprecedented number—in its first season. This ballad opera, with music by John Pepusch, is a satirical picture of life among London's pickpockets, prostitutes, and highwaymen. Though the sequel, Polly (1729), also with music by Pepusch, was banned from performance, its publication brought Gay £ 1,000. Plagued by ill health, he died on Dec. 4, 1732.]]> 2020-04-13 09:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/leonid867/s1az3etx8ai7kseu/wish/504297138