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 %
10 May 1770 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Miss in Her Teens, Hippisley's Drunken Man, The Tambourine Yes No Yes £165 19s N/A N/A
28 May 1770 Drury Lane The London Merchant, A Peep behind the Curtain, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jun 1770 Drury Lane The London Merchant, A Trip to Scotland, Minuet, Bucks Have At Ye All, Allemande, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1770 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1770 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1770 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1770 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1770 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1771 Covent Garden George Barnwell, True Blue, Harlequin Skeleton Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1771 Drury Lane The London Merchant, High Life below Stairs, The Shepherds Frolic, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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