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 %
14 Dec 1744 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Tragedy of Tragedies, Grand Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1745 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Running Footman's Dance, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 May 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No £101 12s N/A N/A
02 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No £85 11s 6d N/A N/A
03 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No £42 9s N/A N/A
14 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist Yes No No £55 7s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £68 10s N/A N/A
13 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Stage Coach, Tambourine No No No £63 13s N/A N/A
27 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist Yes No No £102 6s 6d N/A N/A
03 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist Yes No No £84 16s N/A N/A
10 Feb 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist Yes No No £45 1s 6d N/A N/A
25 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No No £58 16s N/A N/A
20 Mar 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Orpheus and Eurydice, Drunken Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Orpheus and Eurydice, Drunken Tyrolese, The Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Drunken Tyrolese, Pigmalion, The Flemish Peasants Wedding No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, The Peasant, Les Characteres de la Dance, Louvre, Minuet, Sabotiere, Swiss Dance No No Yes £10 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked, Drunken Tyrolese No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jun 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave Royal Chace, Peasant, Pigmalion No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great Yes No No £70 100% N/A
16 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet Yes No No £145 100% N/A
29 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £75 37% N/A
14 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £80 29% N/A
09 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Double Disappointment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No £135 1s 6d N/A N/A
15 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No £107 15s 6d 40% N/A
20 Jan 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Double Disappointment No No No £30 N/A N/A
09 Feb 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No No £129 7s 6d 65% N/A
27 Feb 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No No £100 9s N/A N/A
10 Mar 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No £43 17s 6d 47% N/A
21 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens No No No £69 1s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
25 May 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1747 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No £131 19s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Country Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Country Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1747 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Country Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Country Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1747 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tea, Country Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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