08 February 1728

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1727-1728
Volume: 2
Comments: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #153 7s.; tickets #12 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 184 by money and 49 by tickets; stage, 58 by money; balcony, 3 by money; pit, 281 by money; slips, 39 by money; first gallery, 381 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. Daily Journal, 8 Feb.: The Beggars Opera...meets with that universal Applause, that no one third Part of the Company that crowd thither to see it, can get Admittance: Which occasions a new Run to the Provok'd Husband at Drury-Lane; and so proves an equal Advantage to both Houses

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    *pg?lif The Beggar's Opera. See 29 Jan. *cg?lif Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #153 7s.; tickets #12 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 184 by money and 49 by tickets; stage, 58 by money; balcony, 3 by money; pit, 281 by money; slips, 39 by money; first gallery, 381 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. <i>Daily Journal</i>, 8 Feb.: <i>The Beggars Opera</i>...meets with that universal Applause, that no one third Part of the Company that crowd thither to see it, can get Admittance: Which occasions a new Run to <i>the Provok'd Husband</i> at <i>Drury-Lane</i>; and so proves an equal Advantage to both Houses.

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    *p1728 02 08 lif The Beggar's Opera. ^See17280129^.*c1728 02 08 lif Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #153 7s.; tickets #12 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 184 by money and 49 by tickets; stage, 58 by money; balcony, 3 by money; pit, 281 by money; slips, 39 by money; first gallery, 381 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. <i>Daily Journal</i>, 8 Feb.: <i>The Beggars Opera</i>...meets with that universal Applause, that no one third Part of the Company that crowd thither to see it, can get Admittance: Which occasions a new Run to <i>the Provok'd Husband</i> at <i>Drury-Lane</i>; and so proves an equal Advantage to both Houses.

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    Event: 12051 | 17280208 | lif | Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #153 7s.; tickets #12 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 184 by money and 49 by tickets; stage, 58 by money; balcony, 3 by money; pit, 281 by money; slips, 39 by money; first gallery, 381 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. <i>Daily Journal</i>, 8 Feb.: <i>The Beggars Opera</i>...meets with that universal Applause, that no one third Part of the Company that crowd thither to see it, can get Admittance: Which occasions a new Run to <i>the Provok'd Husband</i> at <i>Drury-Lane</i>; and so proves an equal Advantage to both Houses
    Performance: 20332 | 12051 | p | The Beggar's Opera | See17280129.

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Title: The Beggar's Opera
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See17280129.
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Publish Date: 1728
Author: J.C. Pepusch
Author: John Gay
Birth: 1685
Death: 1732

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