University of Virginia Library

A Bibliography for Students of John Gay's Life, Work, and Influence

By John Gay: 18th Century publication (in chronological order):

• Wine: A Poem. London, 1708.
• The Present State of Wit, in a Letter to a Friend in the Country. London, 1711.
• The Mohocks: A Tragi-Comical Farce. London, 1712.
• Rural Sports: A Poem. London, 1713.
• The Wife of Bath: A Comedy. London, 1713.
• The Fan: A Poem. London, 1713.
• The Shepherd's Week: In Six Pastorals. London, 1714.
• The What D'Ye Call It: A Tragi-Comi-Pastoral Farce. London, 1715.
• Trivia: or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London. London, 1716.
• Three Hours After Marriage: A Comedy. London, 1717.
• Poems on Several Occasions. 2 vols, London, 1720. Revised 1731.
• An Epistle to Her Grace Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough. London, 1722.
• The Captives: A Tragedy. London, 1724.
• To a Lady on Her Passion for Old China. London, 1725.
• Fables. 2 vols, London, 1727 and 1738.
• The Beggar's Opera. London, 1727. (with music, 1728.)
• Polly. London, 1729.
• Acis and Galatea: An English Pastoral Opera. London, 1732.
• Achilles: An Opera. London, 1733.
• The Distress'd Wife: A Comedy. London, 1743.
• Plays. London, 1760.
• The Works. 4 vols, Dublin, 1770.
• Plays. London, 1772.
• Poems and Fables. 2 vols, Aberdeen, 1772.
• The Works. 4 vols, London, 1772.
• The Poetical Works. 3 vols, London, 1777.
• The Poetical, Dramatic, and Miscellaneous Works. 6 vols, London, 1795.