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 %
27 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Grand Ballet No No No £75 100% N/A
14 Nov 1737 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1738 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantley, Je ne scai quoi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1738 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lottery, Russian Sailor No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1738 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Beggar's Wedding, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoy, Pantomime Dance, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1738 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Harlots Progress or The Ridotto Al Fresco No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1738 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1738 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Margery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1738 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Punches, Dance of Moors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1739 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Necromancer, Hornpipe, Je ne scay quoy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1739 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Tambourine, Ethiopians, Flanderkins, Pieraites No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1739 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantley, Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Colombine Courtezan, La Provencale, Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Perseus and Andromeda, Grand Dance in Momus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Rape of Proserpine, Muzette, French Peasants, Tambourine, Wooden Shoe Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Fortune Tellers, Voyage to the Land of Cytherea Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Pierots, Water Music, Drunken Peasant, Le Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Honest Yorkshireman, Je ne scay quoy, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £80 7s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body No Yes No £173 N/A N/A
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