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 Dec 1802 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Love and Magic; or, Harlequin's Holiday No No No £459 18s 6d 53% N/A
29 Dec 1803 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog No No No £283 10s 51% N/A
02 Apr 1804 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Love and Magic; or, Harlequin's Holiday No No No £272 6s 43% N/A
09 Nov 1804 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Cinderella No No No £230 18s 6d 35% N/A
26 Dec 1804 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin Quicksilver; or, The Gnome and the Devil No No No £400 4s 57% N/A
15 Apr 1805 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Aggression; or, The Heroine of Yucatan No No No £212 15s 6d 44% N/A
27 Oct 1806 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Forty Thieves No No No £348 5s 6d 45% N/A
10 Nov 1806 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Forty Thieves No No No £382 12s 6d 47% N/A
26 Dec 1806 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Enchanters; or, Harlequin Sultaun No No No £495 2s 6d 62% N/A
29 Dec 1806 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Mother Goose No No No £378 15s 6d 53% N/A
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