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 %
12 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, The Wapping Landlady, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £241 1s 83% N/A
24 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Mother Shipton Yes No Yes £247 9s 66% N/A
26 May 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Midas Yes No No £124 8s 84% N/A
26 May 1774 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Miller of Mansfield, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes £267 13s 16% N/A
05 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, The Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Sylphs, The Provencale Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, No Ones Enemy but His Own, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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