01 March 1728

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1727-1728
Volume: 2
Comments: Receipts: #153 3s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 180 paid and 10 orders; stage, 26 paid; balcony, 5 paid; Pit, 289 paid and 2 orders; slips, 53 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 424 paid; second gallery, 200 paid and 3 orders.[For a letter on this play, see Daily Journal, 1 March.

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    *pg�lif The Beggar's Opera. See 29 Jan. *cg�lif Receipts: #153 3s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 180 paid and 10 orders; stage, 26 paid; balcony, 5 paid; Pit, 289 paid and 2 orders; slips, 53 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 424 paid; second gallery, 200 paid and 3 orders.[For a letter on this play, see <i>Daily Journal</i>, 1 March.]

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    *p1728 03 01 lif The Beggar's Opera. ^See17280129^.*c1728 03 01 lif Receipts: #153 3s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 180 paid and 10 orders; stage, 26 paid; balcony, 5 paid; Pit, 289 paid and 2 orders; slips, 53 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 424 paid; second gallery, 200 paid and 3 orders.[For a letter on this play, see <i>Daily Journal</i>, 1 March.]

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    Event: 12098 | 17280301 | lif | Receipts: #153 3s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 180 paid and 10 orders; stage, 26 paid; balcony, 5 paid; Pit, 289 paid and 2 orders; slips, 53 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 424 paid; second gallery, 200 paid and 3 orders.[For a letter on this play, see <i>Daily Journal</i>, 1 March.
    Performance: 20384 | 12098 | p | The Beggar's Opera | See17280129.

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Title: The Beggar's Opera
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See17280129.
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Work Title: The Beggar's Opera
Associated Date?: 1728
Associated Playwright(s)?:
   John Gay (1685 - 1732)
   J.C. Pepusch
Print Witness(es)
Title:The beggar's opera
Author(s):Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Publication Date:1728
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Work Title: L'Opera du Gueux
Associated Date?: 1750
Associated Playwright(s)?:
   M.A. Hallam

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