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 %
27 Jan 1742 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Early Horn, La Foullies, Les Satires Puny No No No £60 N/A N/A
10 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, La Foullies, Les Satires Puny No Yes No £90 N/A N/A
16 Feb 1742 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The School Boy, Peasants, Chacone, La Provencal No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1742 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Honest Yorkshireman, Comic Dance, The Cries of London, Pantaloon and Enamorata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1742 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Miss Lucy in Town, Grand Comic Dance, Harlequin Dance No No No £41 1s 6d N/A N/A
18 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardeners No No No £22 13s 6d N/A N/A
20 Sep 1743 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The School Boy, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Necromancer No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1744 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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