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 %
09 Jun 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Love a la Mode Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £89 5s 6d N/A N/A
27 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, New Comic Dance, The Merry Sailors No No No £136 10s N/A N/A
11 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Female Archer, The Merry Sailors No No No £136 6s 6d N/A N/A
13 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £207 9s N/A N/A
23 Feb 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £184 5s 6d N/A N/A
15 Mar 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Dr Faustus With a New Additional Scene No No Yes £226 7s N/A N/A
15 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Hornpipe No No Yes £111 3s 6d N/A N/A
12 May 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Royal Chace, Hornpipe No No Yes £120 8s N/A N/A
29 Sep 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £166 12s N/A N/A
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