The Busy Body (1709)

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 %
20 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £131 9s 6d N/A N/A
25 Nov 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantly, The Merry Sailors No No No £151 9s 6d N/A N/A
04 Mar 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £208 7s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, Minuet, Tambourine, The Whim No No Yes £121 7s 6d N/A N/A
20 Sep 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas No No No £164 15s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £175 9s N/A N/A
23 Jan 1770 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally No No No £117 2s 6d N/A N/A
23 May 1770 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £211 14s 6d N/A N/A
03 May 1771 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Mother Shipton No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Fairy Prince Yes No No £230 3s 6d 55% N/A