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 %
27 Dec 1754 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Genii No No No £130 N/A N/A
06 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke No No No £120 100% N/A
17 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What Dye Call It No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1756 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £270 N/A N/A
21 May 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Mercury Harlequin No No No £150 N/A N/A
13 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Fingalian Revels No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Toyshop No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
27 May 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Lass, Dutch Peasant, Dutch Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Sep 1757 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist No No No £160 100% N/A
13 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and No Duke, Fingalian Dance No No No £41 12s 23% N/A
01 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Fingalian Dance No No No £79 15s 33% N/A
03 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The What Dye Call It, Fingalian Dance Yes No No £62 17s 30% N/A
26 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £145 12s 6d 53% N/A
23 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No £160 61% N/A
30 Mar 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Sicilian Peasants, Tambourine No No Yes £223 3s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1758 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
22 Jun 1758 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Oracle, The Prussian Sailors, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £102 N/A N/A
09 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No No £123 8s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, Country Dance, Hornpipe Yes No No £96 18s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, The Threshers Yes No No £47 3s 23% N/A
29 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Threshers No No No £160 10s 6d 51% N/A
31 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe No No No £112 16s 6d 36% N/A
05 Feb 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, The Threshers No No No £105 7s 6d 38% N/A
09 Feb 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, The Threshers No No No £77 2s 30% N/A
20 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The She Gallant or Recruits for the King of Prussia, Country Dance, The Feast of Bacchus, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £211 19s N/A N/A
07 May 1759 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
28 May 1759 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
19 Jun 1759 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, New Dutch Dance, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No No £188 11s 6d 100% N/A
11 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Hornpipe No No No £73 11s 6d 36% N/A
12 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Hornpipe Yes No No £87 12s 6d 32% N/A
13 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Threshers No No No £109 15s 6d 48% N/A
15 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Irish Turf-Cutters Yes No No £196 13s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £132 18s 57% N/A
17 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £89 15s 6d 33% N/A
18 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £115 1s 6d 49% N/A
19 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £144 6s 42% N/A
20 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £118 16s 54% N/A
22 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £161 12s 45% N/A
23 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £121 4s 42% N/A
24 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £140 9s 48% N/A
25 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £108 8s 47% N/A
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