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 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £206 1s 54% N/A
01 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No Yes £266 3s 6d 61% N/A
02 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, New Comic Dance, The Sailors Revel's at Portsmouth; or British Glory, Hornpipe, Tambourine Dance, The Cricket-Match No No Yes £199 16s 61% N/A
11 May 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £283 15s 6d 25% N/A
14 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No Yes £184 19s 57% N/A
25 May 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £258 11s 6d 13% N/A
17 Oct 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Medley, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Invasion, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Hornpipe, Minuet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Wonders of Derbyshire, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande, Hornpipe No No No £191 10s N/A N/A
06 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, Sweet Echo No No Yes £203 7s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1779 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, Country Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet, New Comic Dance, The Sports of the Green No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, Hornpipe No No No £187 3s 6d 100% N/A
02 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Critic No No No £222 13s 100% N/A
13 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Camp No No No £112 18s 6d 50% N/A
18 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Deuce is in Him No No Yes £239 2s 34% N/A
08 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deaf Lover, Hornpipe No No No £273 17s 6d 67% N/A
12 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deaf Lover No No No £252 9s 60% N/A
19 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Every where No No No £253 1s 61% N/A
04 May 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Siege Of Gibraltar No No No £137 19s 71% N/A
21 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £139 19s 6d 64% N/A
21 Sep 1780 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen, The Butterfly, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No No £77 1s 36% N/A
22 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £149 1s 100% N/A
25 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £194 13s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deaf Lover, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £157 15s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, The Villagers No No No £211 14s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Humours of an Election, Rural Merriment No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Free Mason, Rural Merriment No No No £219 3s 61% N/A
27 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £153 15s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £156 17s 6d 58% N/A
26 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Fete, The Apprentice, Hornpipe, The Butterfly No No Yes £239 4s 6d 33% N/A
15 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Robinson Crusoe, The Frenchman in the Dairy, Hornpipe No No No £147 13s 6d 50% N/A
16 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, All the World's a Stage, The Frenchman in the Dairy, Hornpipe No No No £72 11s 6d 30% N/A
16 Oct 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, Hornpipe No No No £171 18s 6d 70% N/A
17 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Robinson Crusoe, The Frenchman in the Dairy, Hornpipe No No No £70 8s 29% N/A
18 Oct 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Free Mason, Hornpipe No No No £98 12s 37% N/A
22 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, All the World's a Stage, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £118 4s 36% N/A
02 Jan 1782 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, All the Worlds a Stage, The Frenchman in the Dairy, Hornpipe No No No £148 2s 6d 37% N/A
14 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Lun's Ghost, The Distress'd Lovers, Hornpipe No No No £148 8s 47% N/A
09 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Dragon of Wantley, The Gala, The Early Horn, Auld Robin Grey, The Lamentation of Mary Queen of Scots No No Yes £278 7s 6d N/A N/A
17 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The True Briton, Hornpipe No No Yes £276 5s 6d 44% N/A
22 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, Hornpipe No No Yes £223 2s 6d 48% N/A
04 May 1782 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Huntsman's Street Halloo, The Death of The Stag, The Early Horn, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1782 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Retaliation, Hornpipe No No No £157 19s 6d 58% N/A
30 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar, Minuet de la Cour, Hornpipe No No No £67 17s 6d 24% N/A
22 Apr 1783 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton, Hornpipe No No Yes £319 8s 61% N/A
28 Apr 1783 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Flitch of Bacon, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No Yes £276 10s 6d 64% N/A
03 May 1783 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tristram Shandy, Hornpipe, Damon and Musidora No No Yes £188 15s 36% N/A
13 May 1783 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tristram Shandy, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No Yes £111 10s 6d 22% N/A
14 Oct 1783 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rival Knights, Three Weeks after Marriage, Hornpipe No No No £140 6s 35% N/A
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