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 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Sylvester Daggerwood, Hornpipe, The Scotch Ghost No No No £159 13s 32% N/A
15 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Children in the Wood, Hornpipe No No No £153 6s 34% N/A
05 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Liar, Hornpipe No No Yes £63 7s 6d N/A N/A
18 Sep 1799 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Farm House, Hornpipe in Fetters No No No £263 19s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Blue Beard, Hornpipe No No No £283 3s 100% N/A
26 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, Hornpipe No No No £221 14s 50% N/A
12 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The First Floor, Hornpipe No No No £175 18s 6d 39% N/A
17 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Hornpipe, The Scotch Ghost, Mock Minuet No No No £189 13s 55% N/A
27 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Blue Beard, Hornpipe No No No £195 4s 6d 38% N/A
10 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Guardian, Hornpipe (in Fetters) No No Yes £409 13s 6d N/A N/A
24 Sep 1800 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Spoiled Child No No No £289 100% N/A
06 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Indian No No No £212 16s 48% N/A
14 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Who's the Dupe? No No No £184 12s 43% N/A
16 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner, Robinson Crusoe No No No £151 11s 6d 37% N/A
01 May 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Wedding Day No No No £190 9s 6d 55% N/A
12 Jun 1801 Drury Lane Beggar's Opera, Mock Doctor No No Yes £62 8s N/A N/A
13 Jun 1801 Covent Garden The Beggars' Opera, The Farm House No No Yes £436 2s N/A N/A
04 Nov 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Wedding Day No No No £91 15s 6d 18% N/A
22 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Humourist No No No £166 3s 6d 50% N/A
09 Jan 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Don Juan No No No £227 7s 6d 39% N/A
22 Feb 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £514 9s 6d 52% N/A
02 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Child of Nature No No No £361 12s 60% N/A
04 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor No No No £356 17s 6d 52% N/A
06 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Guardian No No No £289 11s 6d 47% N/A
09 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen No No No £265 13s 6d 51% N/A
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