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 %
15 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lottery, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £193 2s 67% N/A
02 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Oracle Yes No No £174 14s 6d N/A N/A
01 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Oracle, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £189 1s 42% N/A
22 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Double Disappointment, A Dish of All Sorts, The Threshers Yes No Yes £368 16s 6d 52% N/A
29 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lying Valet, The Goldfinch, Bacchanalian Song No No Yes £280 N/A N/A
31 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £243 1s 57% N/A
02 May 1759 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Florizel and Perdita, Drunken Peasants, The Milkmaid's Holiday (The Humous of May-day) No No Yes £104 13s N/A N/A
04 May 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Queen Mab, The Prussian Camp No No Yes £147 N/A N/A
03 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Lethe No No No £70 2s 100% N/A
13 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Fair No No No £173 5s 66% N/A
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