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 %
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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