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 %
16 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Dutch Dance No No No £213 15s 6d N/A N/A
20 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Comic Dance No No No £182 8s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £232 6d N/A N/A
08 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Trip to Scotland No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Concerto on violin, The Whim, Sweet Bird, Hornpipe No No Yes £153 13s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Minor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Oxonian in Town, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £139 7s N/A N/A
17 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton, Pastoral Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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