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 %
30 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Fairy Prince Yes No No £186 18s 66% N/A
02 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Mother Shipton No No No £176 4s 47% N/A
31 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No £202 8s 46% N/A
28 Mar 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Cries of London, The Whim No No Yes £252 15s 6d 61% N/A
27 May 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Deuce Is in Him, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £277 7s 6d 53% N/A
25 Sep 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Commissary, The Dutch Milkmaid, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £200 4s 100% N/A
20 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £180 2s 59% N/A
17 Dec 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus No No No £115 6s 37% N/A
09 Jan 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £186 18s 54% N/A
11 Feb 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £119 2s 43% N/A
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