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 %
19 Nov 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Lethe, The Colliers, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £115 2s N/A N/A
08 Dec 1760 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, The Colliers, Les Charboniers No No No £130 3s 6d N/A N/A
01 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, The Colliers No No No £218 9s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, The Colliers, New Comic Dance No No No £115 2s 6d N/A N/A
14 Mar 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Thomas and Sally, The Colliers, Comic Dance No No Yes £90 18s 6d N/A N/A
08 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Thomas and Sally, The Colliers, The Waggoners Yes No Yes £145 8s N/A N/A
09 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Waggoners No No Yes £81 8s N/A N/A
14 May 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Miller of Mansfield No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe, Country Dance, Les Charboniers No No Yes £142 4s 6d N/A N/A
02 Jun 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Sep 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Mock Doctor or The Dumb Lady Cur'd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rape of Proserpine, Hornpipe, Country Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman Returned from Paris, Les Charboniers No No No £141 8s 6d N/A N/A
30 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Fair Yes No No £90 2s 6d N/A N/A
29 Dec 1761 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, A Duke and no Duke, The Taylors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Virgin Unmasked, The Cossacks, Minuet, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Jealous Farmer Deceiv'd, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lying Valet, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Fortunatus Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Genii, The Lilliputian Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1762 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Witches Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1763 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen, Comic Dance, Country Dance, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Lethe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1763 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Old Maid, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Genii, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens No No No £248 9s 100% N/A
04 Oct 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Genii No No No £256 9s 6d 100% N/A
11 Oct 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Genii No No No £171 18s N/A N/A
05 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £179 14s N/A N/A
22 Nov 1763 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1763 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen, The Sicilian Peasants Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycomb No No No £186 19s 6d N/A N/A
22 Mar 1764 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, New Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1764 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Miss in Her Teens, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycomb, The Provancalle No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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