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 %
19 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Romance of an Hour, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Two Misers, The Nosegay, Allemandes, Cotillions, Minuets, The Enchantress No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Two Misers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1776 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Don Quixote No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Golden Pippin, Mirth and Jollity No No No £234 5s 64% N/A
07 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus, Nor on Beds of Fading Flowers, Sweet Echo No No No £151 6d 40% N/A
29 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Cricketters No No No £151 11s 45% N/A
19 Feb 1778 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Poor Vulcan No No No £102 16s 36% N/A
02 Oct 1778 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, The Busy Body, Cross Purposes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Norwood Gypsies No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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