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 Feb 1765 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, The Jealous Woodcutter Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Upholsterer, Rural Love, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1765 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Deuce Is in Him, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Upholsterer, The Garland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1765 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Chaplet, The Calabrian Peasants, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1766 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1766 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, Minuet, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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