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 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Le Boufon Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £102 5s N/A N/A
03 Feb 1741 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Le Boufon, The Enchanted Garden, Grand Serious Ballet, La Tambourine, Les Jardiniers Suedois No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Les Masons, The Peasants' Triumph No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1741 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Tanner of York, Wooden Shoe Dance, Roast Beef Song, Comic Dance, Pierots Yes No Yes £100 N/A N/A
30 Sep 1741 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantley Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamund, Dutch Dance, The Early Horn, The Swiss No No No £60 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Early Horn, Les Matelotes, Les Masons, Les Sabotiers No No No £70 N/A N/A
30 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Royal Chace, The Peasants, Chacone, Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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