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 %
06 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Comus, Hornpipe, Sweet Echo No No Yes £203 7s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1779 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, Country Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet, New Comic Dance, The Sports of the Green No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab, Hornpipe No No No £187 3s 6d 100% N/A
02 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Critic No No No £222 13s 100% N/A
13 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Camp No No No £112 18s 6d 50% N/A
18 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Deuce is in Him No No Yes £239 2s 34% N/A
08 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deaf Lover, Hornpipe No No No £273 17s 6d 67% N/A
12 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deaf Lover No No No £252 9s 60% N/A
19 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Every where No No No £253 1s 61% N/A
04 May 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Siege Of Gibraltar No No No £137 19s 71% N/A
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