The People - Frances Abington

Name Variants
  • Mrs Abington
  • Frances Barton
Gender
Woman
Start
1737 (b.)
End
04 Mar 1815 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
London
Bio
BD Vol. 1: 12-20
Links

Works (1 Results)

Title Year Type Role
Matrimony 1798 Afterpiece Author

Activities (2 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor
Drury Lane Actor

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (19 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
04 May 1757 Drury Lane Creusa, Queen of Athens Mercury Harlequin £80 Unknown £80 Unknown Unknown T
29 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Measure for Measure The Lying Valet £180 Unknown £180 Unknown Unknown T
08 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Fortunatus, Tambourine Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
22 Apr 1767 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him Marriage a la mode; or, Conjugal Douceurs, Hearts of Oak £97 7s 6d £132 19s £230 6s 6d £64 Unknown
06 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him The National Prejudice, Cotillons, The Irish Haymakers Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
28 Mar 1769 Drury Lane The Hypocrite No Wit Like a Woman's, The Lilliputian Camp Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
24 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Cymon The Frenchified Lady Never in Paris Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
18 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Way of the World High Life Below Stairs, Comic Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
30 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Lady's Last Stake; or, The Wife's Resentment A Trip to Scotland, The Sailors Revels at Portsmouth; or British Glory, Linco's Travels £93 14s 6d £185 5s £278 19s 6d £64 Unknown
27 Mar 1773 Drury Lane The Gamesters The Frenchified Lady Never in Paris, Quadrille £98 19s £169 6s £268 5s £65 Unknown
15 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Way of the World The Man of Quality, The Mountaineers £85 6s 6d £191 9s £276 15s 6d £65 Unknown
27 Mar 1775 Drury Lane The Hypocrite Bon Ton; or High Life Above Stairs £86 3s 6d £201 6s £287 9s 6d £64 Unknown
07 May 1776 Drury Lane The Beaux' Stratagem The Man of Quality, The Irish Fair £129 19s 6d Unknown £129 19s 6d £65 Unknown
06 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Way of the World The Critic, The Sportsman Deceived £156 10s 6d Unknown £156 10s 6d Free Unknown
04 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Variety Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday £153 6s 6d Unknown £153 6s 6d Free Unknown
10 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Beaux' Stratagem Three Weeks After Marriage, The Recruiting Serjeant £250 18s 6d £155 15s £406 13s 6d Free 623
14 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing High Life Below Stairs, Masquerade Dance, Ally Croaker, Divertisement £172 4s 6d £124 15s £296 19s 6d Unknown 499
29 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera The Maid of the Oaks £254 8s 6d Unknown £254 8s 6d Unknown Unknown
27 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The School for Scandal Matrimony, High Life Below Stairs, Strike the Harp in Praise of Bragela £180 2s 6d £123 9s 6d £303 12s Unknown 467
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Money paid (to theatre) (2 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes

Money received (from theatre) (273 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
03 May 1777 Drury Lane £4 Mrs Abington
10 May 1777 Drury Lane £4 Mrs Abington
17 May 1777 Drury Lane £4 Mrs Abington's Do [Cloathes]
24 May 1777 Drury Lane £4 Mrs Abington Do [Cloathes]
30 May 1777 Drury Lane £40 5s 6d Pr Mrs Abington on Acct of Zach [?] Stephen's Farce printed 300 orders Unclear what exactly this large payment was for. It seems to have been printing, perhaps for 300 copies of the farce in question, perhaps 300 orders for free admission.
31 May 1777 Drury Lane £3 Mrs Abington's Do [Cloaths] in full of 120
11 Oct 1777 Drury Lane £6 Mrs Abington Do. [9 Days] Do. [Cloaths]
18 Oct 1777 Drury Lane £4 Mrs Abingtons Scribe presumably forgot to write "Cloathes" or "Do [Cloathes]" here.
30 Mar 1778 Drury Lane £200 Mrs. Abington on Acct. of Benefit
31 Dec 1778 Drury Lane £100 Mrs. Abington in full of Last Season's Benefit