The Beggar's Wedding (1729)

Author
Charles Coffey
Author
John Hoadly (1747)
Composer
Maurice Green (1747)
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
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
Unknown (0%) (0%)
1732 - 1809
Unknown - (0%) (0%) (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
19 12 7
1732 - 1809
19 12 7
Notes
First performed in Dublin in March 1729.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Rover, The Beggar's Wedding, Two Pierrots, Since Times Are So Bad, Ballet, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Beggar's Wedding, Comic Dance, French Peasant, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Beggar's Wedding, Pantomime Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1738 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Beggar's Wedding, Je ne scai quoy, Water Music, Pantomime Dance, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1738 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Beggar's Wedding, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoy, Pantomime Dance, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1738 Covent Garden The Fair Quaker Of Deal, The Beggar's Wedding, Serious Dance, Je ne scai quoy, Pantomime No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1738 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Beggar's Wedding, Peasant Dance, Je ne scai quoi, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1739 Covent Garden The Tender Husband, The Beggar's Wedding, Tambourine, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoi No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1739 Drury Lane The Albion Queen Or The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland, The Beggar's Wedding, Oh Happy Pair, The Dead March, Punches Dance, Mary Scot Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1746 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Peasant, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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