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 %
12 Oct 1807 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Forty Thieves No No No £321 19s 100% N/A
27 Oct 1807 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin and Mother Goose; or the Golden Egg No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1807 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro No No No £411 10s 6d N/A N/A
28 Dec 1807 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin in his Element; Or Fire, Water, Earth, and Air No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1808 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Robinson Crusoe No No No £542 15s 6d 66% N/A
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