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 Sep 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Commissary, The Dutch Milkmaid, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £200 4s 100% N/A
20 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £180 2s 59% N/A
17 Dec 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus No No No £115 6s 37% N/A
09 Jan 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £186 18s 54% N/A
11 Feb 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £119 2s 43% N/A
21 May 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Padlock, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £205 5s 6d 77% N/A
20 Sep 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No £184 4s 6d 100% N/A
11 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus No No No £97 2s 6d 34% N/A
24 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Padlock, The Merry Sailors No Yes No £214 46% N/A
13 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Sylphs No No No £230 6s 47% N/A
16 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantly No No Yes £178 5s 6d 53% N/A
04 May 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Mother Shipton, The Whim, An Allemande No No Yes £180 19s 59% N/A
27 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Golden Pippin, The Vintage Festival, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Romance of an Hour, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Two Misers, The Nosegay, Allemandes, Cotillions, Minuets, The Enchantress No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Two Misers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1776 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Don Quixote No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Golden Pippin, Mirth and Jollity No No No £234 5s 64% N/A
07 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers, Sweet Echo No No No £151 6d 40% N/A
29 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Cricketters No No No £151 11s 45% N/A
19 Feb 1778 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Poor Vulcan No No No £102 16s 36% N/A
02 Oct 1778 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, The Busy Body, Cross Purposes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Norwood Gypsies No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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