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 %
26 Sep 1750 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scots Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Anatomist, Country Amusements, Pigmalion No No No £100 N/A N/A
29 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Queen Mab No No No £160 N/A N/A
14 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Queen Mab No No No £140 N/A N/A
04 May 1751 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Chaplet, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, La Minuet a Quatre No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
10 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1753 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Genii No No No £200 N/A N/A
05 Jan 1753 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Genii Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
17 May 1753 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Lethe, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
22 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Shepherds Lottery No No No £80 100% N/A
29 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Fortunatus Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
07 May 1754 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Grumbler, The School of Anacreon, Country Amusements, Hornpipe, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
02 Jul 1754 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Humourists Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Li Pescatori Italiana or The Italian Fishermen (new pantomime dance), Il Maestro di Cappella or The Music Master No No No £100 N/A N/A
28 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Proteus No No No £120 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1756 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Apprentice No No No £160 100% N/A
28 Dec 1756 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Mercury Harlequin No No No £190 N/A N/A
18 May 1757 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Toyshop, Hornpipe, The Louvre No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
29 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Ranger No No No £160 69% N/A
28 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Ranger, The Prussian Camp No No No £140 60% N/A
02 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Anatomist, The Swiss No No No £204 10s 6d 60% N/A
04 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Chaplet, Spanish Dance No No No £188 6s 6d 75% N/A
06 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lottery, The German Hunters No No No £199 11s 6d 71% N/A
07 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Oracle No No No £169 18s 6d 65% N/A
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