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 %
30 Sep 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Yes No No £70 100% N/A
16 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No No £145 100% N/A
29 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £75 37% N/A
14 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £80 29% N/A
09 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No £135 1s 6d N/A N/A
15 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No £107 15s 6d 40% N/A
20 Jan 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Double Disappointment No No No £30 N/A N/A
09 Feb 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No No £129 7s 6d 65% N/A
27 Feb 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No No £100 9s N/A N/A
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