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
£68,034 1s 7d £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
1732 - 1809
£68,034 1s 7d - (100%) £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
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 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tambourine, French Peasant No No No £53 13s N/A N/A
08 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tambourine, French Peasant No No No £75 6s 6d N/A N/A
09 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tambourine, Sicilian Dance No No No £51 12s N/A N/A
10 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tambourine, Sicilian Dance No No No £71 14s N/A N/A
10 Feb 1733 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Judgment of Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tambourine Yes No No £51 6s N/A N/A
26 Apr 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes No Yes £142 3s N/A N/A
28 May 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Scotch Dance Yes No No £44 6s 6d 100% N/A
17 Sep 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Dr Faustus, La Badine, Hornpipe, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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