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 %
29 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Lottery, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1744 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1745 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1745 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Schoolboy, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1745 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Grand Comic Dance No No No £59 13s 6d 100% N/A
13 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1746 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Duke and No Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Busy Body, Harlequin Incendiary No No No £56 17s N/A N/A
04 Aug 1746 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Conspiracy Discover'd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1746 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Lying Valet No No No £49 8s 100% N/A
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