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 %
21 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Upholsterer, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £139 19s 6d 64% N/A
21 Sep 1780 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen, The Butterfly, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No No £77 1s 36% N/A
22 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £149 1s 100% N/A
25 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £194 13s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deaf Lover, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £157 15s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Norwood Gypsies, The Villagers No No No £211 14s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Humours of an Election, Rural Merriment No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Free Mason, Rural Merriment No No No £219 3s 61% N/A
27 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £153 15s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £156 17s 6d 58% N/A
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