The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars (1731)

Author
Edward Roome
Author
William Yonge
Author
William Concanen
Author
Richard Brome
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£13,169 8s 6d £13,118 13s 6d (99.6%) £50 15s (0.4%)
1732 - 1809
£13,169 8s 6d - (100%) £13,118 13s 6d (99.6%) £50 15s (0.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
112 108 4
1732 - 1809
112 108 4
Notes
Based on Richard Brome's play A Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars (1641-42). Authorship suggested by the Biographia Dramatica.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
04 Feb 1762 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Merry Counterfeit or Viscount a la Mode, The French Country Gentleman, A Dish of All Sorts Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Counterfeit Heiress or The Boarding School, The Taylors, Hippisley's Drunken Man No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1762 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Jealous Farmer Deceiv'd, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1762 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Englishman in Paris, The Pedlar Tricked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1762 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Apprentice No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Comic Dance, Catherine and Petruchio No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Knights, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars, The Citizen Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Upholsterer, The Knife Grinders, The Sicilian Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Citizen No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1764 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Upholsterer, Venus Revenged No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1764 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Harlequin Sorcerer, The Sicilian Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1764 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Citizen, Tambourine, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Citizen, Wooden Shoe Dance, Hornpipe, Medley Hornpipe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1765 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars, The Upholsterer, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Citizen, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1766 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Citizen, The Village Romps, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars, Perseus and Andromeda No Yes No £241 3s 54% N/A
03 Mar 1767 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £210 6s N/A N/A
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