The False Friend (1702)

Author
Sir John Vanbrugh
Author
John Philip Kemble (1789)
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
£689 5s 3d £287 6s (41.7%) £401 19s 3d (58.3%)
1732 - 1809
£689 5s 3d - (100%) £287 6s (41.7%) £401 19s 3d (58.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
18 15 3
1732 - 1809
18 15 3
Notes
Based on Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla's La traición busca el castigo.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The False Friend, Apollo and Daphne, Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The False Friend, Damon and Phillida, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The False Friend, The What Dye Call It, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The False Friend, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1753 Covent Garden The False Friend, Il Morlaco, Grand Scots Ballet, Il Pastore No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The False Friend, High Life below Stairs, The Vintage, The Modern Traveller No No Yes £184 9d 47% N/A
24 Oct 1789 Drury Lane The False Friend, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £176 1s 46% N/A
28 Oct 1789 Drury Lane The False Friend, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £139 15s 6d 45% N/A
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