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
£68,034 1s 7d £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
1732 - 1809
£68,034 1s 7d - (100%) £43,389 5s 6d (63.8%) £24,644 16s 1d (36.2%)
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 %
20 Jun 1807 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, The Jew and the Doctor No No Yes £376 10s 100% N/A
16 Sep 1807 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe in Fetters, Raising the Wind No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1807 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe in Fetters, Arbitration; or Free and Easy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1807 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe in Fetters, Too Friendly by Half No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1808 Covent Garden Beggar's Opera, Harlequin in his Element No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1808 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Portrait of Cervantes No No No £360 7s 100% N/A
20 Oct 1808 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Three and the Deuce No No No £227 14s 6d 38% N/A
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