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 %
16 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Dutch Dance No No No £213 15s 6d N/A N/A
20 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Comic Dance No No No £182 8s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £232 6d N/A N/A
08 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Concerto on violin, The Whim, Sweet Bird, Hornpipe No No Yes £153 13s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Minor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Oxonian in Town, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £139 7s N/A N/A
17 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton, Pastoral Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Padlock, The Whim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Author, Comic Dance, A Variety of Imitations No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1771 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No No £188 15s 6d 100% N/A
28 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No £174 40% N/A
07 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris No No No £176 6d 53% N/A
10 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer No No No £146 7s 6d 47% N/A
23 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Man and Wife, Comic Dance No No No £209 17s 6d 42% N/A
28 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No £151 14s 6d 43% N/A
11 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Man and Wife, The Dutch Milkmaid Yes No No £136 16s 6d 36% N/A
07 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £140 7s 6d 46% N/A
20 May 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, The Lilt No No Yes £253 2s 6d 52% N/A
22 Sep 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Dance No No No £220 11s 6d 100% N/A
24 Sep 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No No £173 17s 100% N/A
29 Sep 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £183 16s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £166 5s 39% N/A
15 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe Yes No No £144 12s 6d 63% N/A
29 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Man and Wife Yes No No £109 19s 6d 32% N/A
17 Nov 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deuce Is in Him, The Recruits No No No £120 4s 44% N/A
21 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, Allemande, Minuet No No No £141 2s 41% N/A
24 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion, Comic Dance No No No £116 1s 6d 41% N/A
21 Jan 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £215 2s 50% N/A
09 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Pigmy Revels, Comic Dance No No No £184 10s N/A N/A
22 Feb 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £201 13s 6d 54% N/A
18 Mar 1773 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion, Comic Dance No No No £151 12s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1773 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Minor, Comic Dance No No Yes £192 7s 6d 40% N/A
02 Jun 1773 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Trip to Scotland No No Yes £201 15s 6d 100% N/A
18 Sep 1773 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, The Irish Fair No No No £158 100% N/A
27 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris No No No £183 13s 58% N/A
01 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No No No £190 6s 6d 54% N/A
05 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary Yes No No £122 6s 6d 47% N/A
14 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £133 19s 49% N/A
28 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £169 7s 52% N/A
06 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Sylphs Yes No No £167 16s 52% N/A
14 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No Yes £185 15s 50% N/A
22 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary No No Yes £200 9s 6d 62% N/A
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