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 %
31 Dec 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Blue Beard, Hornpipe No No No £221 19s 35% N/A
09 May 1792 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Love in a Camp, Hornpipe, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £399 6s 37% N/A
02 Jun 1792 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Barataria or Sancho Turned Governor, Hornpipe, Imitations No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1792 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Barnaby Brittle, Hornpipe No No No £61 8s 6d 26% N/A
10 May 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Sailor's Festival or All Alive at Portsmouth, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £458 9s 61% N/A
12 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Chaplet, Hornpipe, The Town and Harbour of Toulon No No No £243 7s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day, Hornpipe No No No £217 1s 6d 100% N/A
16 Nov 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, The Town and Harbour of Toulon, Barnaby Brittle No No No £201 9s 6d 100% N/A
11 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, The Midnight Hour, Dermot and Kathleen, Dermot and Kathlane No No No £194 10s 100% N/A
18 Jan 1794 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, Harlequin and Faustus No No No £285 19s 6d 100% N/A
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