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 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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