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 %
28 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Ranger, The Prussian Camp No No No £140 60% N/A
02 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Anatomist, The Swiss No No No £204 10s 6d 60% N/A
04 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Chaplet, Spanish Dance No No No £188 6s 6d 75% N/A
06 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lottery, The German Hunters No No No £199 11s 6d 71% N/A
07 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Oracle No No No £169 18s 6d 65% N/A
09 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Chaplet, The Swiss No No No £185 2s 64% N/A
12 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Virgin Unmasked, Spanish Dance No No No £186 9s 6d 62% N/A
16 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Queen Mab No No No £195 17s 6d 68% N/A
22 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Queen Mab Yes No No £153 N/A N/A
29 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, A Duke and no Duke, The Prussian Camp No No No £147 6s 60% N/A
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