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 %
09 Jun 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Love a la Mode Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £89 5s 6d N/A N/A
27 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, New Comic Dance, The Merry Sailors No No No £136 10s N/A N/A
11 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Female Archer, The Merry Sailors No No No £136 6s 6d N/A N/A
13 Jan 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £207 9s N/A N/A
23 Feb 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £184 5s 6d N/A N/A
15 Mar 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Dr Faustus With a New Additional Scene No No Yes £226 7s N/A N/A
15 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Hornpipe No No Yes £111 3s 6d N/A N/A
12 May 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Royal Chace, Hornpipe No No Yes £120 8s N/A N/A
29 Sep 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £166 12s N/A N/A
20 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £131 9s 6d N/A N/A
25 Nov 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantly, The Merry Sailors No No No £151 9s 6d N/A N/A
04 Mar 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £208 7s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, Minuet, Tambourine, The Whim No No Yes £121 7s 6d N/A N/A
20 Sep 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas No No No £164 15s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £175 9s N/A N/A
23 Jan 1770 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally No No No £117 2s 6d N/A N/A
23 May 1770 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Thomas and Sally, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £211 14s 6d N/A N/A
03 May 1771 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Mother Shipton No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Fairy Prince Yes No No £230 3s 6d 55% N/A
30 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Fairy Prince Yes No No £186 18s 66% N/A
02 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Mother Shipton No No No £176 4s 47% N/A
31 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No No £202 8s 46% N/A
28 Mar 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Midas, The Cries of London, The Whim No No Yes £252 15s 6d 61% N/A
27 May 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Deuce Is in Him, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £277 7s 6d 53% N/A
25 Sep 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Commissary, The Dutch Milkmaid, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £200 4s 100% N/A
20 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £180 2s 59% N/A
17 Dec 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Comus No No No £115 6s 37% N/A
09 Jan 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £186 18s 54% N/A
11 Feb 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £119 2s 43% N/A
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
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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