The People - John Arthur

Gender
Man
Start
1708 (bap.)
End
08 Apr 1772 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
London
Bio
BD Vol. 1: 129-32
Links
Notes
Ambiguity over date of birth

Works (1 Results)

Title Year Type Role
The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York 1737 Afterpiece Author

Activities (4 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor, Machinist
Drury Lane Actor, Machinist

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (15 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
09 May 1739 Covent Garden Wit Without Money The Country House, Two Pierrots, Ballet, Comic Dance, Je ne scay quoi Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sh
07 May 1740 Covent Garden The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife The School Boy; or, The Comical Rivals, Tambourine, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Ballet Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sh
22 Apr 1741 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion The Sham Conjuror, Minuet, Peasants de Bordeaux, Two Pierrots £160 Unknown £160 Unknown Unknown Sh
27 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Way of the World The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Comic Dance, Pierrots £120 Unknown £120 Unknown Unknown Sh
03 May 1742 Drury Lane Hamlet The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Bumper Squire Jones, Scottish Dance, Comic Dance, Running Footman's Dance £70 Unknown £70 Unknown Unknown Sh
05 May 1743 Drury Lane Cato The Dragon of Wantley, La Florana, Bumper Squire Jones, Concerto on violoncello £17 1s 6d Unknown £17 1s 6d Unknown Unknown Sh
10 Apr 1749 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be Flora; or, Hob in the Well, Comic Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sh
05 Apr 1750 Covent Garden The Albion Queens The Maid of the Mill; or, The Country Revels, The Judgement of Paris (1701) £46 15s £74 13s £121 8s £60 Unknown Sh
16 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Henry VIII The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed, Grand Scotch Ballet Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sh
12 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One, Dutch Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
02 Apr 1753 Covent Garden Hamlet Flora; or, Hob in the Well, Grand Scotch Ballet Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
06 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice The Lying Valet, Les Tailleurs, The Italian Peasants Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
08 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Spanish Friar; or, The Double Discovery The Parting Lovers [True Blue], Pantomime Peasant Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
05 Apr 1756 Covent Garden Hamlet The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York, Les Statues Animees Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
05 Apr 1758 Covent Garden The Provoked Husband; or, A Journey to London The Knights, The Judgement of Paris (1757) £49 3s £89 9s £138 12s £63 519
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Money paid (to theatre) (1 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
20 May 1758 Covent Garden £13 17s To Mr. Arthur his Deficiency 5 April last

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