Aesop (1697)

Author
Sir John Vanbrugh
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£1,016 13s £0 (0%) £1,016 13s (100%)
1732 - 1809
£1,016 13s - (100%) £0 (0%) £1,016 13s (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
32 11 21
1732 - 1809
32 11 21
Notes
Based on Edme Boursault's Les fables d'Ésope (1691).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
12 Dec 1744 Covent Garden Aesop, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1744 Covent Garden Aesop, The Lottery Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1748 Covent Garden Aesop, Tea, Foote's Vagaries No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1748 Covent Garden Aesop, The Royal Chace, Ah se amanti fasti mai felice Belve, Go Rose, My Chloe's Bosom Grace, Tis' Liberty, Dear Liberty No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1753 Covent Garden Aesop, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1758 Drury Lane Aesop, Mercury Harlequin No No No £132 15s 6d 57% N/A
01 Jan 1759 Drury Lane Aesop, Mercury Harlequin No No No £129 16s 6d 51% N/A
04 Jan 1759 Drury Lane Aesop, Fortunatus No No No £145 6d 67% N/A
08 Jan 1759 Drury Lane Aesop, Fortunatus No No No £165 16s 6d 61% N/A
10 Jan 1759 Drury Lane Aesop, Fortunatus No No No £148 51% N/A
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