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 %
03 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Mercury Harlequin No No No £150 N/A N/A
13 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Fingalian Revels No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Toyshop No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
27 May 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Lass, Dutch Peasant, Dutch Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Sep 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £160 100% N/A
13 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and No Duke, Fingalian Dance No No No £41 12s 23% N/A
01 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Fingalian Dance No No No £79 15s 33% N/A
03 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What Dye Call It, Fingalian Dance Yes No No £62 17s 30% N/A
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