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 %
15 Sep 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Old Maid, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda or The Cheats of Harlequin, Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, Blind Mans Buff Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rival Queens or Death of Alexander the Little, Blind Mans Buff No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Country Wife, Bucks Have At Ye All, The Irish Lilt Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1765 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Statue, Blind Mans Buff, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Sep 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, The Venetian Gardeners Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen, The Village Romps Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1766 Drury Lane Beggar's Opera, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1766 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, The Sicilian Peasants, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Village Romps, The Cries of London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1766 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Daphne and Amintor, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1766 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1766 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No No £135 14s 6d 100% N/A
02 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Hermit Yes No No £192 4s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Vintage, The Italian Bakers No No No £144 18s 6d 50% N/A
20 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Hermit, The Vintage Yes No No £150 10s 6d 44% N/A
20 Dec 1766 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, The Village Romps, The Cries of London No No Yes £224 3s 53% N/A
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