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 %
01 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £150 13s 6d N/A N/A
08 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £150 11s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman Yes No No £161 12s 6d N/A N/A
21 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman Yes No No £182 10s 6d N/A N/A
24 Mar 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Country House, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Shepherdess Yes No Yes £375 1s N/A N/A
10 Apr 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Dutch Skipper, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £266 N/A N/A
10 May 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £229 15s N/A N/A
22 May 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No No No £95 9s N/A N/A
26 May 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £86 1s N/A N/A
23 Sep 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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