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 %
22 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The First Floor, Hornpipe No No No £164 8s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1787 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Bon Ton, Hornpipe, Primroses Deck the Bank's Green Side, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £293 13s 6d 40% N/A
22 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £110 10s 6d 30% N/A
10 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Junior No No No £128 18s 29% N/A
22 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Junior, Hornpipe No No No £117 10s 33% N/A
29 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Tom Thumb, The Piping Pedlar, Hornpipe No No Yes £293 15s 6d 39% N/A
08 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Robinson Crusoe, Hornpipe No No No £162 7s 45% N/A
15 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Robinson Crusoe No No No £138 1s 38% N/A
29 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar No No No £160 16s 40% N/A
12 Feb 1789 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar No No No £103 13s 32% N/A
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