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 %
12 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, The Wapping Landlady, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £241 1s 83% N/A
24 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton Yes No Yes £247 9s 66% N/A
26 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Midas Yes No No £124 8s 84% N/A
26 May 1774 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Miller of Mansfield, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes £267 13s 16% N/A
05 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, The Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Sylphs, The Provencale Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, No Ones Enemy but His Own, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What DYe Call It, The Country Macaroni Assembly, Boadicea Queen of Britain, Minuet, The British Bacchanalian, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £160 10s N/A N/A
04 May 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Man of Quality, Minuet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1776 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Gardeners No No Yes £73 17s N/A N/A
18 May 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Humours of the Newmarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1776 Covent Garden News From Parnassus, The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £279 6d 100% N/A
30 Sep 1776 Covent Garden News From Parnassus, The Beggar's Opera, Miss in her Teens, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £291 15s 100% N/A
04 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Minuet, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £284 10s 100% N/A
24 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £237 7s 6d 61% N/A
26 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Golden Pippin, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Pilgrim No No No £276 3s 6d 63% N/A
28 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Pilgrim, Sweet Echo No No No £289 6d 60% N/A
03 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Country Wife, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £219 5s 50% N/A
06 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £184 5s 6d 47% N/A
27 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance No No No £197 8s 56% N/A
15 Mar 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Country Dance, Sweet Echo No No No £269 15s 6d 66% N/A
21 May 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Don Quixote in England No No Yes £295 4s 6d 20% N/A
17 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, The Humours of Leixlip, Hornpipe No No No £240 9s 54% N/A
20 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Humours of New-Market, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No No £287 16s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Mirth and Jollity, The Glorious Ninety-Two, Hornpipe No No No £246 15s 47% N/A
24 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, The Humours of Leixlip, Hornpipe No No No £171 11s 6d 39% N/A
27 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Mirth and Jollity, Hornpipe No No No £259 7s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Hornpipe No No No £168 15s 6d 62% N/A
03 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, St. Patrick's Day, Hornpipe, La Soiree a la Mode No No No £168 18s 49% N/A
08 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, All the World's a Stage, Hornpipe No No No £192 6s 6d 64% N/A
11 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Elopement, Minuet de la Cour No No No £135 15s 6d 41% N/A
12 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Garden of Love, Hornpipe No No No £184 6s 6d 41% N/A
17 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £171 1s 6d 57% N/A
25 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £128 11s 40% N/A
29 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No No £194 7s 57% N/A
04 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No No £154 6s 50% N/A
08 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £182 11s 59% N/A
15 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £153 17s 45% N/A
27 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No No £193 3s 57% N/A
27 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Elopement, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £144 18s 6d 43% N/A
16 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mayor of Garratt, The Enchantress, Hornpipe No No No £147 9s 51% N/A
24 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Minor, The Villagers, Hornpipe No No No £147 16s 38% N/A
31 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £143 5s 40% N/A
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