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 %
27 May 1771 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1771 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Commissary, The Corsican Sailor's Punch House Yes No No £190 14s 100% N/A
09 Nov 1771 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Commissary, True Blue; or, The Press Gang No No No £129 13s 41% N/A
03 Jan 1772 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Mother Shipton No No No £152 6s 6d 37% N/A
20 Apr 1772 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Mother Shipton No No No £117 5s 47% N/A
09 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Witches No No No £140 6d 37% N/A
26 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Pigmy Revels or Harlequin Foundling No No No £162 13s 6d 42% N/A
28 May 1773 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Contrivances, Hornpipe, The Cumberland Cornthrashers No No Yes £262 19s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1773 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Midas No No No £176 6s 6d 100% N/A
27 Dec 1773 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £184 14s 46% N/A
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