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
£77,752 19s 7d £50,503 1s 6d (65%) £27,249 18s 1d (35%)
1732 - 1809
£77,752 19s 7d - (100%) £50,503 1s 6d (65%) £27,249 18s 1d (35%)
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 %
11 May 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
26 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No £100 100% N/A
07 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Little French Lawyer No No No £150 100% N/A
20 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens No No No £42 14s 6d 52% N/A
14 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No £44 4s 30% N/A
29 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Acis and Galatea Yes No No £67 2s 46% N/A
27 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Comic Dance No No No £103 9s 6d 51% N/A
09 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No No No £194 16s 6d 38% N/A
17 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £184 17s N/A N/A
23 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £102 2s 45% N/A
10 Mar 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No Yes No £161 12s 55% N/A
20 Apr 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda, Grand Scots Dance No No Yes £92 8s 6d 59% N/A
03 May 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Dance, Minuet No No Yes £196 N/A N/A
10 May 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Dance, Black Joke No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
11 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £110 100% N/A
12 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £40 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £150 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £140 N/A N/A
28 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £110 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
15 Feb 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
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