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 %
20 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What DYe Call It, The Country Macaroni Assembly, Boadicea Queen of Britain, Minuet, The British Bacchanalian, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1775 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £160 10s N/A N/A
04 May 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Man of Quality, Minuet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1776 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Gardeners No No Yes £73 17s N/A N/A
18 May 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Humours of the Newmarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1776 Covent Garden News From Parnassus, The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £279 6d 100% N/A
30 Sep 1776 Covent Garden News From Parnassus, The Beggar's Opera, Miss in her Teens, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £291 15s 100% N/A
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