The People - Arthur Murphy

Gender
Man
Start
27 Dec 1727 (b.)
End
18 Jun 1805 (d.)
Country of Birth
Ireland
Locality
Clooniquin, co. Roscommon
Bio
BD Vol. 10: 391-99
Links

Works (23 Results)

Title Year Type Role
The Englishman from Paris 1756 Afterpiece Author
The Apprentice 1756 Afterpiece Author
The Upholsterer; or, What News? 1758 Afterpiece Author
The Orphan of China 1759 Mainpiece Author
The Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus 1760 Afterpiece Author
The Desert Island 1760 Mainpiece Author
The Way to Keep Him 1760 Afterpiece Author
All in the Wrong 1761 Mainpiece Author
The Citizen 1761 Afterpiece Author
The Old Maid 1761 Afterpiece Author
No One's Enemy but His Own 1764 Mainpiece Author
What We Must All Come To 1764 Afterpiece Author
Three Weeks After Marriage 1764 Afterpiece Author
The Choice 1765 Afterpiece Author
The School for Guardians 1767 Mainpiece Author
Marriage a la mode; or, Conjugal Douceurs 1767 Afterpiece Author
Zenobia 1768 Mainpiece Author
The Grecian Daughter 1772 Mainpiece Author
Alzuma 1773 Mainpiece Author
News from Parnassus 1776 Afterpiece Author
Know Your Own Mind 1777 Mainpiece Author
Love Finds the Way 1777 Mainpiece Author
The Rival Sisters 1793 Mainpiece Author

Activities (2 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor
Drury Lane Actor

Benefits (Author) (16 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
12 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent The Apprentice £200 Unknown £200 N/A Unknown
03 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent The Englishman from Paris £240 Unknown £240 N/A Unknown
06 May 1758 Drury Lane The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery The Upholsterer; or, What News?, The Italian Peasants £180 Unknown £180 N/A Unknown
25 Apr 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan of China £160 Unknown £160 £63 Unknown
03 May 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan of China £150 Unknown £150 £63 Unknown
12 May 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan of China £110 Unknown £110 £63 Unknown
11 Jan 1764 Covent Garden No One's Enemy but His Own The Citizen, The Calabrian Peasants Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
29 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter The Lottery £252 11s Unknown £252 11s £73 Unknown
09 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed £264 8s 6d Unknown £264 8s 6d £73 Unknown
16 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter The Absent Man £264 17s 6d Unknown £264 17s 6d £73 Unknown
02 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Alzuma The Citizen £163 13s 6d Unknown £163 13s 6d £64 Unknown
08 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Alzuma The Apprentice £159 1s Unknown £159 1s £64 Unknown
13 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Alzuma The Upholsterer; or, What News? £150 10s Unknown £150 10s £64 Unknown
25 Feb 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind Comus (1772), Hunting Dance, Sweet Echo Unknown Unknown Unknown £73 Unknown
06 Mar 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind The Golden Pippin, The Merry Sailors Unknown Unknown Unknown £73 Unknown
13 Mar 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars, Hunting Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown £73 Unknown

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (1 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
04 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet The Lying Valet, Comic Entertainment Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
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Money paid (to theatre) (12 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
29 May 1781 Drury Lane £10 Mr Murphy in full 1 Yr Rent
01 Jun 1782 Drury Lane £2 10s Mr Murphey 1/4 Rent to Christs
28 Sep 1782 Drury Lane £2 10s Mr Murphey Rent 1 Qr to L.y D.y last
12 Apr 1783 Drury Lane £2 10s Mr Murphey 1 Qrs Rent to Midsummr last
10 May 1783 Drury Lane £2 10s Mr Murphey 1/4 Rent to Michs last
05 Jun 1783 Drury Lane £2 10s Mr Murphy Rent to Christmas
02 Oct 1783 Drury Lane £2 10s Mr Murpy 1/4 Rent due L.y. Day
17 Jan 1784 Drury Lane £5 Mr Murphy Rent to Michs last
26 Jan 1784 Drury Lane £2 10s Mrs Murphy Rent in full to Xmas last
15 May 1784 Drury Lane £2 10s Mr Murphy Do. [Rent] Do. [to L.y Day]

Money received (from theatre) (9 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
30 Mar 1773 Covent Garden £96 6d Paid Mr: Murphy the Balance of his 1st: Nt: for Alzuma the 2d: Instant
30 Mar 1773 Covent Garden £91 6d Paid Do: [Mr: Murphy] the Do: [Balance] of his 2d: Do: [Night] for Do: [Alzuma] the 8h: Do: [Instant]
30 Mar 1773 Covent Garden £83 Paid Do: [Mr: Murphy] the Do: [Balance] of his 3d: Do: [Night] for Do: [Alzuma] the 13th: Do: [Instant]
30 Apr 1777 Covent Garden £119 Deduct paid Mr: Murphy the Receipt of the 12th: Night of Know your Own Mind the 1st: Instant, after deducting £73. 10. for the Charge of the House &ca Deduction from this day's receipts.
20 Sep 1777 Covent Garden £100 Paid Mr: Murphy on Do: [Account] Presumed to be Arthur Murphy, being paid for Know Your Own Mind or his altered version of his own The Orphan of China.
30 Jun 1784 Covent Garden £105 Paid Mr: Murphy as Pr: Bill Perhaps the same Mr Murphy paid on several other occasions across the 1780s-90s, who may have been Mr Murphy the piper active in the late 1790s (BD vol. 10, p. 391), or Arthur Murphy the playwright (though there is no evident reason why Covent Garden would have paid him after the 1770s).
20 Nov 1794 Covent Garden £105 Paid Mr. Murphy Perhaps the same Mr Murphy paid on several other occasions across the 1780s-90s, who may have been Mr Murphy the piper active in the late 1790s (BD vol. 10, p. 391), or Arthur Murphy the playwright (though there is no evident reason why Covent Garden would have paid him after the 1770s).
20 Dec 1794 Covent Garden £75 Paid Mr. Murphy Perhaps the same Mr Murphy paid on several other occasions across the 1780s-90s, who may have been Mr Murphy the piper active in the late 1790s (BD vol. 10, p. 391), or Arthur Murphy the playwright (though there is no evident reason why Covent Garden would have paid him after the 1770s).
06 Jan 1798 Covent Garden £30 Paid Mr. Murphy on Perhaps the same Mr Murphy paid several times across the 1780s-90s, who may have been Mr Murphy the piper active in the late 1790s (BD vol. 10, p. 391), or Arthur Murphy the playwright (though there is no evident reason why Covent Garden would have paid him after the 1770s).

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