The Beggar's Opera (1728)

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch
Author
John Gay
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£68,034 1s 7d £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
1732 - 1809
£68,034 1s 7d - (100%) £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
777 470 307
1732 - 1809
777 470 307
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
16 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, New French Peasant, Comic Dance Yes No No £108 4s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Restord or The Country Revels Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1732 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, French Peasant, Comic Dance No No No £122 11s N/A N/A
18 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Restord or The Country Revels, Hornpipe, Fingalian No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, French Peasant, New Comic Dance No No No £73 12s N/A N/A
19 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Restord or The Country Revels, Fingalian, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, French Peasant, Comic Dance No No No £84 11s 6d N/A N/A
21 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, French Peasant, Comic Dance No No No £104 17s 6d 100% N/A
22 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, French Peasant, Comic Dance No No No £74 10s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tambourine, Fingalian No No No £93 7s 6d N/A N/A
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