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 %
03 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Rape of Proserpine, Muzette, French Peasants, Tambourine, Wooden Shoe Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Fortune Tellers, Voyage to the Land of Cytherea Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Tragedy of Tragedies No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Pierots, Water Music, Drunken Peasant, Le Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Honest Yorkshireman, Je ne scay quoy, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £80 7s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body No Yes No £173 N/A N/A
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