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 %
16 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Dutch Dance No No No £213 15s 6d N/A N/A
20 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Comic Dance No No No £182 8s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £232 6d N/A N/A
08 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Concerto on violin, The Whim, Sweet Bird, Hornpipe No No Yes £153 13s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Minor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Oxonian in Town, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £139 7s N/A N/A
17 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton, Pastoral Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Padlock, The Whim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Author, Comic Dance, A Variety of Imitations No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1771 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No No £188 15s 6d 100% N/A
28 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No £174 40% N/A
07 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris No No No £176 6d 53% N/A
10 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer No No No £146 7s 6d 47% N/A
23 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Man and Wife, Comic Dance No No No £209 17s 6d 42% N/A
28 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No £151 14s 6d 43% N/A
11 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Man and Wife, The Dutch Milkmaid Yes No No £136 16s 6d 36% N/A
07 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £140 7s 6d 46% N/A
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