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 %
16 Apr 1790 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, No Song No Supper, Hornpipe No No Yes £273 5s 56% N/A
15 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £306 18s 49% N/A
17 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £250 5s 50% N/A
21 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £225 6d 43% N/A
25 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £245 7s 6d 44% N/A
01 Feb 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Picture of Paris, Hornpipe No No No £163 9s 36% N/A
09 Jun 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Modern Antiques, Hornpipe No No Yes £366 12s 100% N/A
20 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day, Hornpipe No No No £151 5s 6d 100% N/A
12 Nov 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Modern Antiques, Hornpipe No No No £215 3s 6d 46% N/A
08 Dec 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Oscar and Malvina, Hornpipe No No No £193 9s 6d 49% N/A
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