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 %
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
02 May 1767 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Miss in Her Teens, The Female Archer, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £187 6s 6d N/A N/A
09 May 1770 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, A Duke and no Duke, The Old Ground Young, Allemande No No Yes £204 8s N/A N/A
25 May 1770 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Citizen, Minuet, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £191 1s 100% N/A
13 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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