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 %
08 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Citizen, Concerto on hautboy, Sailors Dance, Hornpipe No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Citizen, The Knife Grinders, Venus Revenged Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, False Concord, New Grand Ballet, Hymens Triumph (Grand dance) No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Love a la Mode, Hornpipe, Venus Revenged Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, The Happy Bride, The Judgment of Paris, The Kind Appointment, Vain is Beauty's Gaudy Flower No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Citizen, The Sicilian Peasants, La Femme Maitresse, Les Mattelots Provencals, New Grand Comic Ballet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, Blind Mans Buff, La Femme Maitresse No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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