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 %
10 Oct 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Valentine & Orson No No No £354 13s 100% N/A
15 Oct 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Valentine & Orson No No No £431 19s 100% N/A
17 Oct 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Valentine & Orson No No No £348 8s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Valentine & Orson No No No £214 6s 61% N/A
24 Oct 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Raising the Wind No No No £324 4s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, All the World's a Stage No No No £265 18s 52% N/A
11 Nov 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Raising the Wind No No No £213 14s 6d 49% N/A
09 Dec 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, The Deserts of Arabia No No No £185 13s 47% N/A
16 Dec 1806 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Arbitration No No No £131 19s 42% N/A
01 May 1807 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Mother Goose No No No £208 3s 6d 52% N/A
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