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 %
26 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £145 12s 6d 53% N/A
23 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £160 61% N/A
30 Mar 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Sicilian Peasants, Tambourine No No Yes £223 3s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1758 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
22 Jun 1758 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Oracle, The Prussian Sailors, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £102 N/A N/A
09 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No No £123 8s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, Country Dance, Hornpipe Yes No No £96 18s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, The Threshers Yes No No £47 3s 23% N/A
29 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Threshers No No No £160 10s 6d 51% N/A
31 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe No No No £112 16s 6d 36% N/A
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