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 %
26 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £115 18s 42% N/A
27 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £95 19s 49% N/A
29 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £165 2s 62% N/A
30 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £151 15s 44% N/A
31 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £152 9s 49% N/A
01 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £143 12s 59% N/A
02 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £134 5s 49% N/A
03 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £139 9s 48% N/A
06 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £180 14s N/A N/A
07 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £131 7s 48% N/A
08 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £148 11s 48% N/A
09 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £111 5s 41% N/A
10 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £111 18s N/A N/A
12 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £172 18s 49% N/A
13 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Threshers No No No £115 9s 40% N/A
14 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £132 18s 49% N/A
15 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £146 4s 43% N/A
16 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £102 3s 42% N/A
17 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £105 6s 51% N/A
19 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £151 17s 65% N/A
20 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £97 2s 35% N/A
21 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman No No No £92 10s 44% N/A
22 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman No No No £126 8s 49% N/A
27 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman Yes No No £148 13s 60% N/A
03 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman Yes No No £154 12s 45% N/A
05 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, The Threshers Yes No No £222 53% N/A
08 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance No No No £184 18s 52% N/A
12 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman No No No £122 15s 6d 42% N/A
17 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance No No No £167 8s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £147 1s 6d N/A N/A
01 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £150 13s 6d N/A N/A
08 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance Yes No No £150 11s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman Yes No No £161 12s 6d N/A N/A
21 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman Yes No No £182 10s 6d N/A N/A
24 Mar 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Country House, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Shepherdess Yes No Yes £375 1s N/A N/A
10 Apr 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catherine and Petruchio, Country Dance, Dutch Skipper, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £266 N/A N/A
10 May 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £229 15s N/A N/A
22 May 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair No No No £95 9s N/A N/A
26 May 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £86 1s N/A N/A
23 Sep 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, New Hornpipe, Country Dance No No No £131 12s 6d 100% N/A
25 Sep 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Colliers No No No £100 8s 6d 100% N/A
27 Sep 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Ranger No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, The Colliers, The Pedlar Tricked Yes No No £114 16s N/A N/A
16 Oct 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, The Colliers, The Pedlar Tricked Yes No No £116 7s N/A N/A
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