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 %
14 Apr 1790 Covent Garden Arden Of Feversham, The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally No No Yes £278 11s 53% N/A
27 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally No No Yes £379 43% N/A
02 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Farmer, The Wapping Landlady No No No £238 17s 6d 46% N/A
04 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Farmer, The Wapping Landlady No No No £214 13s 44% N/A
07 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Farmer, The Wapping Landlady No No No £224 2s 6d 42% N/A
16 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Farmer, The Wapping Landlady No No No £131 11s 38% N/A
21 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Picture of Paris No No No £225 11s 46% N/A
01 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Picture of Paris No No No £179 17s 40% N/A
14 Jun 1791 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Farmer, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £405 4s 6d 100% N/A
17 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia No No No £142 5s 100% N/A
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