The People - John O'Keeffe

Gender
Man
Start
24 Jun 1747 (b.)
End
04 Feb 1833 (d.)
Country of Birth
Ireland
Locality
Dublin

Works (51 Results)

Title Year Type Role
Tony Lumpkin in Town; or, The Dilettante 1776 Afterpiece Author
The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St Patrick 1777 Afterpiece Author
The Son-in-Law 1779 Afterpiece Author
The Agreeable Surprise 1781 Afterpiece Author
The Banditti; or, Love's Labyrinth 1781 Mainpiece Author
The Positive Man 1782 Afterpiece Author
The Castle of Andalusia 1782 Mainpiece Author
Lord Mayor’s Day; or A Flight from Lapland 1782 Afterpiece Author
Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c 1783 Afterpiece Author
The Maid's the Mistress 1783 Afterpiece Author
The Poor Soldier 1783 Afterpiece Author
The Young Quaker 1784 Mainpiece Author
Harlequin Rambler; or, The Convent in an Uproar 1784 Afterpiece Author
Peeping Tom 1784 Afterpiece Author
Fontainbleau; or Our Way in France 1784 Mainpiece Author
The Blacksmith of Antwerp 1785 Afterpiece Author
Omai; or, A Trip round the World 1785 Afterpiece Author
Love in a Camp; or, Patrick in Prussia 1786 Afterpiece Author
The Man Milliner 1787 Afterpiece Author
Love and War 1787 Afterpiece Author
The Farmer 1787 Afterpiece Author
Tantara Rara, Rogues All 1788 Afterpiece Author
The Prisoner at Large 1788 Afterpiece Author
Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp 1788 Afterpiece Author
The Toy 1788 Mainpiece Author
The Highland Reel 1788 Mainpiece Author
The Pharo Table 1789 Afterpiece Author
The Little Hunchback; or, A Frolic in Bagdad 1789 Afterpiece Author
The Czar 1790 Mainpiece Author
The Fugitive 1790 Afterpiece Author
Modern Antiques; or The Merry Mourners 1791 Afterpiece Author
Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentleman 1791 Mainpiece Author
Tony Lumpkin's Ramble to Town 1792 Afterpiece Author
Sprigs of Laurel 1793 Afterpiece Author
The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire 1793 Mainpiece Author
The World in a Village 1793 Mainpiece Author
Life's Vagaries 1795 Mainpiece Author
The Irish Mimick; or Blunders at Brighton 1795 Afterpiece Author
Merry Sherwood; or, Harlequin Forester 1795 Afterpiece Author
Olympus in an Uproar; or, The Descent of the Deities 1796 Afterpiece Author
The Lad of the Hills; or, The Wicklow Gold Mine 1796 Mainpiece Author
The Lie of the Day; or, A Party at Hampton Court 1796 Mainpiece Author
The Doldrum; or, 1803 1796 Afterpiece Author
The Wicklow Mountains 1796 Afterpiece Author
The Rival Soldiers 1797 Afterpiece Author
Britain's Brave Tars!!; or, All for St Paul's 1797 Afterpiece Author
She's Eloped! 1798 Mainpiece Author
The Eleventh of June; or, The Daggerwoods at Dunstable 1798 Afterpiece Author
A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places 1798 Afterpiece Author
Tippetywitchet N/A N/A Author
Arthur O'Bradley N/A N/A Author

Benefits (Author) (8 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
13 Apr 1782 Covent Garden Which is the Man? The Positive Man, The Double Surprise Unknown Unknown Unknown £105 Unknown
13 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Merry Wives of Windsor Love and War £120 1s 6d Unknown £120 1s 6d N/A Unknown
13 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Czar Catherine and Petruchio £185 12s 6d Unknown £185 12s 6d N/A Unknown
29 Apr 1791 Covent Garden Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentleman The Poor Soldier £244 10s Unknown £244 10s N/A Unknown
12 May 1791 Covent Garden Wild Oats; or, The Strolling Gentleman Rosina £182 6s Unknown £182 6s N/A Unknown
26 Nov 1793 Covent Garden The World in a Village Marian £239 9s Unknown £239 9s N/A Unknown
29 Nov 1793 Covent Garden The World in a Village Hartford Bridge; or, The Skirts of the Camp, The Lucky Escape £208 1s 6d Unknown £208 1s 6d N/A Unknown
03 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The World in a Village The Flitch of Bacon, The Drunken Swiss £158 13s 6d Unknown £158 13s 6d N/A Unknown

Money paid (to theatre) (2 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
27 Nov 1787 Covent Garden £15 3s Recd of Mr O'Keeffe Mr Tenducci's difficiency on the 19th May 1785
20 Jun 1800 Covent Garden 16s 6d Recd of Do. [Mr O'Keeffe] for Tallow Candles

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Money received (from theatre) (38 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
22 Jun 1786 Covent Garden £20 Pd. Mr O Keeffe on Acct From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.
27 Nov 1787 Covent Garden £150 Paid Mr. O'Keeffe in full for the Farce & Copyright of the Farmer
17 Dec 1787 Covent Garden £5 Paid Mr. O'Keeffe in full of all demands to this day From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.
11 Jun 1788 Covent Garden £5 Paid Mr. O Keeffe From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.
24 Oct 1788 Covent Garden £50 Paid Mr O Keeffe in advance From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.
21 Jan 1789 Covent Garden £50 Paid Mr. O Keeffe on acct. From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.
18 Feb 1789 Covent Garden £100 Paid Mr O Keeffe From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.
17 Mar 1789 Covent Garden £67 Paid Mr. O Keeffe in full for Highland Reel
25 Sep 1789 Covent Garden £50 Paid Mr O Keeffe on acct From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.
13 Oct 1789 Covent Garden £48 Paid Mr O Keeffe author on acct. From the early 1780s onwards, Covent Garden regularly commissioned and/or accepted plays from O'Keeffe, seemingly on quasi-retainer. Presumably this payment was part of those arrangements.