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 %
04 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, The Taylors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked, The Cossacks, Minuet, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Jealous Farmer Deceiv'd, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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