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 %
10 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer No No No £146 7s 6d 47% N/A
23 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Man and Wife, Comic Dance No No No £209 17s 6d 42% N/A
28 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton No No No £151 14s 6d 43% N/A
11 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Man and Wife, The Dutch Milkmaid Yes No No £136 16s 6d 36% N/A
07 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £140 7s 6d 46% N/A
20 May 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, The Lilt No No Yes £253 2s 6d 52% N/A
22 Sep 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Dance No No No £220 11s 6d 100% N/A
24 Sep 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No No £173 17s 100% N/A
29 Sep 1772 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £183 16s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £166 5s 39% N/A
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