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 %
01 Apr 1734 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Apollo and Daphne No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1734 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Strollers, Single Dance, Bacchus and Ariadne, French Peasant, Pigmalion No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Sep 1734 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Flora No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1735 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Colombine Courtezan, Black Joak, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1735 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The School Boy, Richmond Maggot, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Busy Body, A Cure for a Scold, New Peasant Dance, Russian Sailor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Toy Shop, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1735 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Restord, Medley Overture, accompanied with French Horns, French Peasants, Grand Serious Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1736 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Royal Chace No No No £66 8s N/A N/A
21 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Restord, English Maggot, Grand Serious Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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