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 %
06 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £184 5s 6d 47% N/A
27 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance No No No £197 8s 56% N/A
15 Mar 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Country Dance, Sweet Echo No No No £269 15s 6d 66% N/A
21 May 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Don Quixote in England No No Yes £295 4s 6d 20% N/A
17 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, The Humours of Leixlip, Hornpipe No No No £240 9s 54% N/A
20 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Humours of New-Market, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No No £287 16s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Mirth and Jollity, The Glorious Ninety-Two, Hornpipe No No No £246 15s 47% N/A
24 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, The Humours of Leixlip, Hornpipe No No No £171 11s 6d 39% N/A
27 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Mirth and Jollity, Hornpipe No No No £259 7s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Hornpipe No No No £168 15s 6d 62% N/A
03 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, St. Patrick's Day, Hornpipe, La Soiree a la Mode No No No £168 18s 49% N/A
08 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, All the World's a Stage, Hornpipe No No No £192 6s 6d 64% N/A
11 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Elopement, Minuet de la Cour No No No £135 15s 6d 41% N/A
12 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Garden of Love, Hornpipe No No No £184 6s 6d 41% N/A
17 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £171 1s 6d 57% N/A
25 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £128 11s 40% N/A
29 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No No £194 7s 57% N/A
04 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No No £154 6s 50% N/A
08 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £182 11s 59% N/A
15 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £153 17s 45% N/A
27 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, Hornpipe No No No £193 3s 57% N/A
27 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Elopement, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £144 18s 6d 43% N/A
16 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mayor of Garratt, The Enchantress, Hornpipe No No No £147 9s 51% N/A
24 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Minor, The Villagers, Hornpipe No No No £147 16s 38% N/A
31 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £143 5s 40% N/A
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