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 %
20 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £97 2s 35% N/A
21 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman No No No £92 10s 44% N/A
22 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman No No No £126 8s 49% N/A
27 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman Yes No No £148 13s 60% N/A
03 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman Yes No No £154 12s 45% N/A
05 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Threshers Yes No No £222 53% N/A
08 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance No No No £184 18s 52% N/A
12 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman No No No £122 15s 6d 42% N/A
17 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance No No No £167 8s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £147 1s 6d N/A N/A
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