Belphegor; or, The Wishes (1778)

Author
Miles Peter Andrews
Composer
Francis-Hippolyte Barthélémon
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£2,681 1s 6d £0 (0%) £2,681 1s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£2,681 1s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £2,681 1s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
16 0 16
1732 - 1809
16 0 16
Notes
Based on Jean Francois Guichard's Le Bûcheron.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
16 Mar 1778 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Belphegor or The Wishes No No No £196 6d 51% N/A
17 Mar 1778 Drury Lane Hamlet, Belphegor No No No £160 1s 44% N/A
19 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor, Rural Grace No No No £261 14s 66% N/A
21 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, Belphegor, Rural Grace No No No £146 17s 6d 53% N/A
23 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor No No No £241 8s 6d 60% N/A
24 Mar 1778 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, Belphegor, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £99 18s 6d N/A N/A
28 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor, The Savage Hunters No No No £193 14s 6d 66% N/A
02 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Belphegor No No Yes £222 19s 52% N/A
04 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor, The Savage Hunters No No No £247 14s 67% N/A
21 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, Belphegor, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £173 6s 6d 57% N/A
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