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 %
29 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Piping Pedlar, Hornpipe No No Yes £293 15s 6d 39% N/A
08 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Robinson Crusoe, Hornpipe No No No £162 7s 45% N/A
15 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Robinson Crusoe No No No £138 1s 38% N/A
29 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar No No No £160 16s 40% N/A
12 Feb 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar No No No £103 13s 32% N/A
03 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Animal Magnetism, Hornpipe No No No £249 7s 59% N/A
05 Mar 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Who's the Dupe No No No £100 1s 31% N/A
07 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Barataria No No No £171 11s 6d 50% N/A
29 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Maid of the Oaks No No Yes £254 8s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Death of Captain Cook, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £180 18s 57% N/A
15 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, Don Juan, Negro Dance No No No £156 18s 100% N/A
24 Sep 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion, Hornpipe No No No £165 9s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Comus No No No £73 7s 24% N/A
24 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Midnight Hour, Hornpipe No No No £207 8s 6d 54% N/A
13 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Flitch of Bacon, Hornpipe, The Wolf No No Yes £285 14s 47% N/A
16 Apr 1790 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, No Song No Supper, Hornpipe No No Yes £273 5s 56% N/A
15 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £306 18s 49% N/A
17 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £250 5s 50% N/A
21 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £225 6d 43% N/A
25 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £245 7s 6d 44% N/A
01 Feb 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £163 9s 36% N/A
09 Jun 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Modern Antiques, Hornpipe No No Yes £366 12s 100% N/A
20 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day, Hornpipe No No No £151 5s 6d 100% N/A
12 Nov 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Modern Antiques, Hornpipe No No No £215 3s 6d 46% N/A
08 Dec 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Oscar and Malvina, Hornpipe No No No £193 9s 6d 49% N/A
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