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 May 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Miller of Mansfield No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Country Dance, Les Charboniers No No Yes £142 4s 6d N/A N/A
02 Jun 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Sep 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor or The Dumb Lady Cur'd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Hornpipe, Country Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Les Charboniers No No No £141 8s 6d N/A N/A
30 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £90 2s 6d N/A N/A
29 Dec 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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