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15 February 1728

Event Information
Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1727-1728
Volume: 2
Comments: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #162 8s.; tickets #13 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 204 by money and 54 by tickets; stage, 43 by money; balcony, 2 by money; pit, 269 by money; slips, 58 by money; first gallery, 424 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. [For the fortunes of the play, see Gay to Swift, 15 Feb. in Correspondence of Pope, II, 473-74.

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pg?lif The Beggar's Opera. See 29 Jan. *cg?lif Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #162 8s.; tickets #13 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 204 by money and 54 by tickets; stage, 43 by money; balcony, 2 by money; pit, 269 by money; slips, 58 by money; first gallery, 424 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. [For the fortunes of the play, see $Gay= to $Swift=, 15 Feb. in <i>Correspondence of Pope</i>, II, 473-74.]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1728 02 15 lif The Beggar's Opera. ^See17280129^.*c1728 02 15 lif Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #162 8s.; tickets #13 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 204 by money and 54 by tickets; stage, 43 by money; balcony, 2 by money; pit, 269 by money; slips, 58 by money; first gallery, 424 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. [For the fortunes of the play, see $Gay= to $Swift=, 15 Feb. in <i>Correspondence of Pope</i>, II, 473-74.]

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 12064 | 17280215 | lif | Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #162 8s.; tickets #13 10s. Probable attendance: boxes, 204 by money and 54 by tickets; stage, 43 by money; balcony, 2 by money; pit, 269 by money; slips, 58 by money; first gallery, 424 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. [For the fortunes of the play, see $Gay= to $Swift=, 15 Feb. in <i>Correspondence of Pope</i>, II, 473-74.
    Performance: 20345 | 12064 | p | The Beggar's Opera | See17280129.

Mainpiece

Title: The Beggar's Opera
Comments:
See17280129.
Cast:
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Related Works

Publish Date: 1728
Author: J.C. Pepusch
Author: John Gay
Birth: 1685
Death: 1732

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