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 %
15 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Fool, Comic Dance No No Yes £174 15s 6d N/A N/A
21 May 1785 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £130 3s N/A N/A
30 Sep 1785 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No No £180 6s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Too Civil by Half, The Provencalle, Hornpipe No No No £75 16s 27% N/A
17 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Humourist No No No £162 3s 39% N/A
21 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Omai, Hornpipe No No No £218 7s 52% N/A
28 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Country Wife, Hornpipe No No No £129 19s 49% N/A
24 May 1786 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Romp, The Minuet de la Cour, Sweet, O Sweet!, Allemande, Hunting Song, Niddity Nod No No Yes £300 6d 55% N/A
23 Dec 1786 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No No £157 13s 6d 49% N/A
28 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion, The Lucky Return, Hornpipe No No No £157 10s 6d 40% N/A
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