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 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £115 18s 42% N/A
27 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £95 19s 49% N/A
29 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £165 2s 62% N/A
30 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £151 15s 44% N/A
31 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £152 9s 49% N/A
01 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £143 12s 59% N/A
02 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £134 5s 49% N/A
03 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £139 9s 48% N/A
06 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £180 14s N/A N/A
07 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £131 7s 48% N/A
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