The Busy Body (1709)

Author
Susanna Centlivre
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£27,881 5s 6d £15,233 11s 6d (54.6%) £12,647 14s (45.4%)
1732 - 1809
£27,881 5s 6d - (100%) £15,233 11s 6d (54.6%) £12,647 14s (45.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
317 201 116
1732 - 1809
317 201 116
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Sep 1732 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil of a Duke or Trapolins Vagaries, Les Bergeries Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Cephalus and Procris With Harlequin Grand Volgi Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Flora, Tambourine, Saraband, Sicilian No No No £44 1s N/A N/A
09 Apr 1733 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Mock Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1733 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, Water Music, The Amorous Clowns or the Courtesans, A Grand Overture, Fingalian, Scotch Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £240 5s N/A N/A
24 May 1733 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Restord or The Country Revels, Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1733 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Flora, Swedish Dal Karle, Scottish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1733 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Cephalus and Procris, La Badine, New Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1733 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Dr Faustus, La Badine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1734 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Cupid and Psyche No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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