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 %
11 Dec 1747 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Country Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Grand Ballet, Dutch Dance No No No £158 18s 6d 100% N/A
14 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, The Savoyards No No No £132 5s 100% N/A
22 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No £157 4s 6d N/A N/A
22 Dec 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tea Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tea, Foote's Vagaries No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tea, Foote's Vagaries Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes £240 N/A N/A
14 Apr 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1748 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Savoyards No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
26 Sep 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Savoyards No No No £115 19s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Royal Chace Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1748 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Miller of Mansfield, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £70 11s 6d N/A N/A
25 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Savoyards, Dutch Dance No No Yes £240 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
26 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No £100 100% N/A
07 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Little French Lawyer No No No £150 100% N/A
20 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens No No No £42 14s 6d 52% N/A
14 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No £44 4s 30% N/A
29 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Acis and Galatea Yes No No £67 2s 46% N/A
27 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Comic Dance No No No £103 9s 6d 51% N/A
09 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No No No £194 16s 6d 38% N/A
17 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £184 17s N/A N/A
23 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £102 2s 45% N/A
10 Mar 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No Yes No £161 12s 55% N/A
20 Apr 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda, Grand Scots Dance No No Yes £92 8s 6d 59% N/A
03 May 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Dance, Minuet No No Yes £196 N/A N/A
10 May 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Dance, Black Joke No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
11 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £110 100% N/A
12 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £40 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £150 N/A N/A
15 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £140 N/A N/A
28 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £110 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
15 Feb 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
13 May 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
14 May 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The King and Miller, Characters of Dancing, La Paisanne No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £130 100% N/A
27 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor, Pigmalion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda or the Cheats of Harlequin Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave or Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Necromancer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne or The Burgomaster Trickd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1752 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, The Matelot Basque No No No £100 N/A N/A
18 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave or Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1752 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Ranger, L'Entree de Flore, Hornpipe No No No £120 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair, Les Charboniers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1752 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Ranger, L'Entree de Flore, Hornpipe No No No £60 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne, Les Chasseurs Alemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer, Les Charboniers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer, Les Charboniers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lover His Own Rival, Old Chiron, Les Charboniers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Scots Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Rigadoon Minuet No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
08 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £150 100% N/A
12 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The King and the Miller No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Fortunatus No No No £120 N/A N/A
09 Feb 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Knights Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
21 Mar 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer, Les Taileurs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Double Disappointment, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and the Miller, The Pierrots Dance No No Yes £223 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £100 N/A N/A
15 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, Shepherds Holiday No No No £80 N/A N/A
19 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Fortunatus No No No £110 N/A N/A
11 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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