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 %
24 Oct 1740 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Peasant, Hornpipe Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1740 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Devil to Pay, Peasant, Hornpipe, Les Characteres de la Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, Grand Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Peasant Dance, Hornpipe Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Peasant, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Hornpipe Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, La Tambourine, Hornpipe, Shepherds and Shepherdesses Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Les Egyptiens, Grand Comic Ballet, New Serious Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, La Tambourine, Grand Serious Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor, La Tambourine, Horse and Away to Newmarket, Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1741 Drury Lane Beggar's Opera No No No £130 100% N/A
26 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Swiss, The Peasant No No No £120 100% N/A
29 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Swiss No No No £80 100% N/A
01 Oct 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No £84 100% N/A
03 Oct 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No £63 100% N/A
29 Oct 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Drunken Peasant, Sailors Dance No No No £75 N/A N/A
01 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Drunken Peasant, The Swiss Yes No No £50 N/A N/A
29 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Dutch Dance, The Swiss No No No £70 N/A N/A
12 Jan 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Sailors Dance, Hornpipe, The Italian Peasants No No No £56 N/A N/A
23 Jan 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The French Peasants, Dutch Dance, Hornpipe, The Swiss No No No £40 N/A N/A
14 May 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss Lucy in Town Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
30 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Concerto, Tyrolean Dance, New Hornpipe No No No £71 9s 6d 100% N/A
30 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss Lucy in Town No No No £65 12s 6d N/A N/A
06 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Grand Comic Dance, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie No No No £58 5s 6d N/A N/A
14 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardeners No No No £57 19s N/A N/A
15 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Beggar's Opera, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardeners No No No £76 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Bumper Squire Jones Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, La Florana, Neopolitan Punch No No No £37 5s 6d N/A N/A
10 May 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Peasant Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, La Florana, Sicilian Peasant No No No £13 6s 100% N/A
07 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1743 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1744 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1744 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1744 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1744 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1744 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1744 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1744 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Tambourine, Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1744 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1744 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Neocromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1744 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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