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
£68,034 1s 7d £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
1732 - 1809
£68,034 1s 7d - (100%) £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
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 %
15 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, La Badine, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Hornpipe, Tambourine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Solo on German horn, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1733 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Harlots Progress Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Nassau No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1733 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1733 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Cephalus and Procris Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1734 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1734 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Harlots Progress, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1734 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tambourine, Scots Dance, The Kilkenny No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1734 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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