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 %
21 Jan 1747 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Miss in Her Teens, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No No £154 8s 6d 77% N/A
11 Nov 1747 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Foote's Tea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1747 Covent Garden Busy Body, Tea No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1748 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Tea, Foote's Vagaries No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1748 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Sep 1748 Drury Lane The Busie Body, The Lottery No No No £88 7s 6d 100% N/A
27 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Apollo and Daphne or The Burgomaster Trickd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Busie Body, Lethe No No No £146 14s N/A N/A
23 Feb 1749 Drury Lane The Busie Body, The Triumph of Peace No No No £126 14s N/A N/A
28 Mar 1749 Drury Lane The Busie Body, Tit for Tat, Triumph of Peace Yes No No £79 9s 6d N/A N/A
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