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 %
22 Sep 1804 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Lingo in Love, Caravan No No No £326 2s 6d 100% N/A
23 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Matrimony No No No £227 2s 6d 63% N/A
01 Dec 1804 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Matrimony No No No £305 10s 6d 32% N/A
26 Dec 1804 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Richard Coeur de Lion, Old Harlequin's Fire-side No No No £306 5s 6d 43% N/A
08 Jun 1805 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Bon Ton No No Yes £58 1s N/A N/A
14 Oct 1805 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Two Strings to your Bow No No No £164 12s 41% N/A
06 May 1806 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Forty Thieves No No No £354 10s 6d 57% N/A
29 May 1806 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Forty Thieves No No No £262 6d 61% N/A
31 May 1806 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Positive Man No No Yes £408 16s N/A N/A
13 Jun 1806 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £391 12s 100% N/A
17 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Dance of Emily, The Irishman in London No No No £197 9s 36% N/A
15 Jan 1808 Drury Lane Busy Body, Furibond No No No £202 8s N/A N/A
17 Oct 1808 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Blue Beard No No No £444 14s 6d 60% N/A
27 Dec 1808 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Robinson Crusoe No No No £361 13s 64% N/A
30 Dec 1808 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £192 7s 37% N/A
05 Jan 1809 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £136 5s 6d 28% N/A
23 May 1809 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No Yes £250 4s N/A N/A
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