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

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 %
08 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £218 1s N/A N/A
12 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £217 10s N/A N/A
26 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £213 14s N/A N/A
27 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £153 1s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £215 12s 6d N/A N/A
12 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £224 5s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £202 7s 6d N/A N/A
22 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £174 8s 6d N/A N/A
26 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No £149 4s N/A N/A
23 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £216 17s 6d N/A N/A