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 %
04 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Minuet, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £284 10s 100% N/A
24 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £237 7s 6d 61% N/A
26 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Golden Pippin, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Pilgrim No No No £276 3s 6d 63% N/A
28 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Pilgrim, Sweet Echo No No No £289 6d 60% N/A
03 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Country Wife, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £219 5s 50% N/A
06 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance, Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £184 5s 6d 47% N/A
27 Jan 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Frolicks, Rural Dance No No No £197 8s 56% N/A
15 Mar 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Country Dance, Sweet Echo No No No £269 15s 6d 66% N/A
21 May 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Don Quixote in England No No Yes £295 4s 6d 20% N/A
17 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, The Humours of Leixlip, Hornpipe No No No £240 9s 54% N/A
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