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 %
06 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Fair No No No £156 19s N/A N/A
24 Mar 1760 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Marriage a la Mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £82 11s 6d N/A N/A
16 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally Yes No No £188 4s N/A N/A
22 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Double Disappointment, La Petite Bergere, Minuet, Serious Dance, The Louvre Yes No Yes £176 4s N/A N/A
02 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £88 12s N/A N/A
11 Jan 1762 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1762 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Genii, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Contrivances, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1762 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Polly Honeycombe With Alterations, The May Day Frolic, New Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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