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
£24,499 10s £6,361 17s 6d (26%) £18,137 12s 6d (74%)
1732 - 1809
£24,499 10s - (100%) £6,361 17s 6d (26%) £18,137 12s 6d (74%)
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
29 Dec 1783 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £110 12s 33% N/A
19 May 1784 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin Junior, Hornpipe, Gramachree Molly, The Sportsmen's Return No No Yes £280 7s 29% N/A
27 Dec 1784 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Magic Cavern or Virtues Triumph No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1785 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Caldron, The Provencalle No No No £127 2s 41% N/A
26 Dec 1785 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Omai No No No £237 19s 57% N/A
26 Dec 1786 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £194 3s 44% N/A
12 Feb 1787 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £152 2s 6d 32% N/A
30 Apr 1787 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin's Invasion, La Soiree Provencalle No No No £97 18s 31% N/A
25 Sep 1787 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £140 5s 100% N/A
09 Nov 1787 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £116 16s 6d 39% N/A
27 Dec 1787 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin Junior No No No £137 5s 41% N/A
24 Mar 1788 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin Junior No No No £159 11s 38% N/A
20 Sep 1788 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Lyar No No No £111 8s 6d 100% N/A
10 Jun 1789 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The First Floor, The Irish Fair, Highland Reel No No Yes £303 8s 6d 35% N/A
07 Dec 1789 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £167 5s 6d 50% N/A
28 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, The Adopted Child, The Scotch Ghost No No No £503 17s 6d 61% N/A
30 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay, The Scotch Ghost No No No £347 17s 6d 41% N/A
02 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, No Song No Supper No No No £200 18s 58% N/A
07 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Humourist, The Scotch Ghost No No No £266 17s 62% N/A
12 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Shipwreck, The Scotch Ghost No No No £325 14s 6d 76% N/A
19 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Shipwreck, The Scotch Ghost No No No £243 7s 56% N/A
26 Dec 1796 Covent Garden The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, Harlequin and Oberon No No No £255 15s 44% N/A
26 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Robinson Crusoe or Harlequin Friday No No No £326 9s 56% N/A
09 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Robinson Crusoe, The Scotch Ghost No No No £266 3s 6d 42% N/A
31 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Robinson Crusoe No No No £262 6d 38% N/A
17 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, A Friend in Need, The Scotch Ghost No No No £220 19s 6d 52% N/A
17 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Cape St Vincent, The Scotch Ghost No No No £233 15s 43% N/A
09 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, A Trip to the Nore, The Virgin Unmasked, Dance of Sailors, Hornpipe No No No £317 5s 6d 62% N/A
26 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, Blue Beard No No No £289 1s 6d 45% N/A
17 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Blue Beard No No No £217 12s 44% N/A
14 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Shipwreck No No No £204 13s 6d 37% N/A
26 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, Blue Beard No No No £328 14s 6d 46% N/A
14 Apr 1800 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Lodoiska No No No £365 12s 52% N/A
26 Dec 1800 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin-Amulet; or, The Magick of Mona No No No £390 9s 48% N/A
05 Oct 1801 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Lodoiska No No No £259 9s 6d 59% N/A
12 Oct 1801 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity No No No £124 3s 6d 44% N/A
26 Oct 1801 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity No No No £230 19s 35% N/A
28 Dec 1801 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Don Juan No No No £321 6d 44% N/A
18 Jan 1802 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Harlequin-Amulet No No No £214 12s 39% N/A
09 Nov 1802 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Sylvester Daggerwood, Midas No No No £306 18s 6d 46% N/A
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