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 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Humours of New-Market, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No No £287 16s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Mirth and Jollity, The Glorious Ninety-Two, Hornpipe No No No £246 15s 47% N/A
24 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, The Humours of Leixlip, Hornpipe No No No £171 11s 6d 39% N/A
27 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Mirth and Jollity, Hornpipe No No No £259 7s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Reprisal, Hornpipe No No No £168 15s 6d 62% N/A
03 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, St. Patrick's Day, Hornpipe, La Soiree a la Mode No No No £168 18s 49% N/A
08 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, All the World's a Stage, Hornpipe No No No £192 6s 6d 64% N/A
11 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Elopement, Minuet de la Cour No No No £135 15s 6d 41% N/A
12 Nov 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Garden of Love, Hornpipe No No No £184 6s 6d 41% N/A
17 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, The Minuet de la Cour No No No £171 1s 6d 57% N/A
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