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 %
09 Nov 1778 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Camp No No No £160 12s 6d N/A N/A
04 Jan 1779 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Touchstone or Harlequin Traveller No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1779 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Who's The Dupe?, The Huntsman Deceiv'd No No No £124 14s 6d 39% N/A
09 Nov 1780 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Queen Mab, The Irish Fair No No No £148 3s 6d 34% N/A
12 May 1781 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Quaker No No Yes £148 6s 6d 34% N/A
09 Nov 1781 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Touchstone No No No £153 12s 41% N/A
26 Dec 1781 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Choice of Harlequin or The Indian Chief No No No £270 19s 58% N/A
29 May 1782 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Englishman in Paris, The Distress'd Lovers, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £246 6s 57% N/A
21 Apr 1783 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Robinson Crusoe No No No £142 18s 41% N/A
26 Dec 1783 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Friar Bacon No No No £252 12s 66% N/A
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