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
£35,633 3s £22,491 5s 6d (63.1%) £13,141 17s 6d (36.9%)
1732 - 1809
£35,633 3s - (100%) £22,491 5s 6d (63.1%) £13,141 17s 6d (36.9%)
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 %
25 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Damon and Phillida, A Dialogue of Jack and Jenny Wilder Miss Falkner, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1749 Drury Lane The Busie Body, Lethe, Hornpipe, Savoyards No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Mock Doctor No No No £120 100% N/A
23 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Savoyard Travellers, Hornpipe No No No £63 2s 6d 32% N/A
07 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £57 17s 48% N/A
29 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Busy Body, A Duke and no Duke, Savoyard Travellers No No No £47 6s 30% N/A
07 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Fair No No No £213 15s 6d 69% N/A
14 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Fair No Yes No £193 N/A N/A
17 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Don Saverio, Savoyard Travellers No No Yes £82 N/A N/A
04 May 1750 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Stage Coach No No Yes £198 3s N/A N/A
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