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 %
12 Jun 1801 Drury Lane Beggar's Opera, Mock Doctor No No Yes £62 8s N/A N/A
13 Jun 1801 Covent Garden The Beggars' Opera, The Farm House No No Yes £436 2s N/A N/A
04 Nov 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Wedding Day No No No £91 15s 6d 18% N/A
22 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Humourist No No No £166 3s 6d 50% N/A
09 Jan 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Don Juan No No No £227 7s 6d 39% N/A
22 Feb 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £514 9s 6d 52% N/A
02 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Child of Nature No No No £361 12s 60% N/A
04 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor No No No £356 17s 6d 52% N/A
06 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Guardian No No No £289 11s 6d 47% N/A
09 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen No No No £265 13s 6d 51% N/A
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