Blind Man’s Bluff; or, The Intrigues of Harlequin (1764)

Choreographer
Monsieur Arnauld
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Dance
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
£192 3s £192 3s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£192 3s - (100%) £192 3s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
35 35 0
1732 - 1809
35 35 0
Notes
'A New Grand Comic Ballet'. There was an afterpiece titled 'Blind Man's Buff; or, The Intrigues of Harlequin' produced in 1723 but no explicit connection has been made to this.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Nov 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blind Mans Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, The Englishman in Paris, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Chaplet, Blind Mans Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, Harlequin Sorcerer, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1764 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Blind Man's Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1764 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1764 Covent Garden King Lear, Perseus and Andromeda, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1765 Covent Garden King Lear, Thomas and Sally, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1765 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Catherine and Petruchio, Blind Mans Buff, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A