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 %
14 May 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss Lucy in Town Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
30 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Concerto, Tyrolean Dance, New Hornpipe No No No £71 9s 6d 100% N/A
30 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss Lucy in Town No No No £65 12s 6d N/A N/A
06 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Grand Comic Dance, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie No No No £58 5s 6d N/A N/A
14 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardeners No No No £57 19s N/A N/A
15 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Beggar's Opera, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardeners No No No £76 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Bumper Squire Jones Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, La Florana, Neopolitan Punch No No No £37 5s 6d N/A N/A
10 May 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Peasant Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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