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
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
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