Phebe; or, The Beggar’s Wedding (1729)

Author
Charles Coffey
Composer
Maurice Green (1748)
Author
John Hoadly (1748)
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Pastoral
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
£2,618 13s 6d £2,382 7s (91%) £236 6s 6d (9%)
1732 - 1809
£2,618 13s 6d - (100%) £2,382 7s (91%) £236 6s 6d (9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
43 39 4
1732 - 1809
43 39 4
Notes
First performed in March 1729 in Dublin.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
15 May 1747 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, Phebe No No Yes £151 7s N/A N/A
16 May 1747 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, Phebe No No Yes £22 7s 6d N/A N/A
19 May 1747 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Phebe No No Yes £129 12s 100% N/A
18 Apr 1748 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Phoebe or The Beggars Wedding No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Phoebe, Lothario, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, Phoebe, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1749 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding No No No £67 9s 100% N/A
02 Oct 1749 Covent Garden King Richard III, Phoebe No No No £164 13s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Committee, Phebe Yes No No £52 10s 23% N/A
17 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, Phebe No No No £28 14s 32% N/A
18 Nov 1749 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, Phebe No No No £53 12s 24% N/A
19 Mar 1750 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, Phebe, Dutch Dance, Grand Scotch Ballet No No Yes £151 7s 6d N/A N/A
31 Mar 1750 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Phebe, Dutch Dance, Grand Scotch Ballet, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £168 17s 27% N/A
17 Apr 1750 Covent Garden Albion Queens, Phebe, Tambourine, Scots Dance No No Yes £153 3s 6d 33% N/A
25 Apr 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Phebe, Go Rose, Pierrot Dance No No Yes £131 19s 20% N/A
20 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Les Charboniers No No Yes £217 8s 6d N/A N/A
17 Apr 1775 Drury Lane The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding No No Yes £236 6s 6d N/A N/A
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