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 %
21 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Miser, Hornpipe in Fetters, Old Towler No No No £220 19s 49% N/A
23 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Raymond and Agnes, Hornpipe, Spanish Fandango No No Yes £236 3s 6d 36% N/A
21 May 1798 Covent Garden The Raft, The Beggar's Opera, Botheration, Hornpipe (in Fetters), Mr O'Blarney's Description of London No No No £113 13s 6d 27% N/A
29 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Humourist, Hornpipe No No No £102 17s 7d 19% N/A
01 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Spoiled Child, Hornpipe No No No £192 1s 6d 41% N/A
11 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Sylvester Daggerwood, Hornpipe, The Scotch Ghost No No No £159 13s 32% N/A
15 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Children in the Wood, Hornpipe No No No £153 6s 34% N/A
05 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Liar, Hornpipe No No Yes £63 7s 6d N/A N/A
18 Sep 1799 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Farm House, Hornpipe in Fetters No No No £263 19s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Blue Beard, Hornpipe No No No £283 3s 100% N/A
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