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 %
21 May 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Padlock, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £205 5s 6d 77% N/A
20 Sep 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No £184 4s 6d 100% N/A
11 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus No No No £97 2s 6d 34% N/A
24 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Padlock, The Merry Sailors No Yes No £214 46% N/A
13 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Sylphs No No No £230 6s 47% N/A
16 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantly No No Yes £178 5s 6d 53% N/A
04 May 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Mother Shipton, The Whim, An Allemande No No Yes £180 19s 59% N/A
27 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Golden Pippin, The Vintage Festival, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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