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 %
15 Sep 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Old Maid, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda or The Cheats of Harlequin, Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, Blind Mans Buff Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rival Queens or Death of Alexander the Little, Blind Mans Buff No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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