The London Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell (1731)

Author
George Lillo
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£22,350 14s £5,640 9s 6d (25.2%) £16,710 4s 6d (74.8%)
1732 - 1809
£22,350 14s - (100%) £5,640 9s 6d (25.2%) £16,710 4s 6d (74.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
165 48 117
1732 - 1809
165 48 117
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Shipwreck, The Scotch Ghost No No No £243 7s 56% N/A
26 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Robinson Crusoe or Harlequin Friday No No No £326 9s 56% N/A
26 Dec 1796 Covent Garden The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, Harlequin and Oberon No No No £255 15s 44% N/A
09 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Robinson Crusoe, The Scotch Ghost No No No £266 3s 6d 42% N/A
31 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Robinson Crusoe No No No £262 6d 38% N/A
17 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, A Friend in Need, The Scotch Ghost No No No £220 19s 6d 52% N/A
17 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Cape St Vincent, The Scotch Ghost No No No £233 15s 43% N/A
09 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, A Trip to the Nore, The Virgin Unmasked, Dance of Sailors, Hornpipe No No No £317 5s 6d 62% N/A
26 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, Blue Beard No No No £289 1s 6d 45% N/A
17 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Blue Beard No No No £217 12s 44% N/A
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