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 %
13 May 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
14 May 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The King and Miller, Characters of Dancing, La Paisanne No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £130 100% N/A
27 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The King and Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor, Pigmalion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda or the Cheats of Harlequin Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave or Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Necromancer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne or The Burgomaster Trickd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1751 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1752 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, The Matelot Basque No No No £100 N/A N/A
18 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Merlin's Cave or Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1752 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Ranger, L'Entree de Flore, Hornpipe No No No £120 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair, Les Charboniers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1752 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Ranger, L'Entree de Flore, Hornpipe No No No £60 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne, Les Chasseurs Alemandes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer, Les Charboniers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer, Les Charboniers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lover His Own Rival, Old Chiron, Les Charboniers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Scots Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Rigadoon Minuet No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
08 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £150 100% N/A
12 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The King and the Miller No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1753 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Fortunatus No No No £120 N/A N/A
09 Feb 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Knights Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
21 Mar 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer, Les Taileurs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Double Disappointment, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The King and the Miller, The Pierrots Dance No No Yes £223 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No £100 N/A N/A
15 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, Shepherds Holiday No No No £80 N/A N/A
19 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Fortunatus No No No £110 N/A N/A
11 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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