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 %
13 May 1766 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay, The Whistling Plowman, Tambourine, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jun 1767 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Register Office, Double Hornpipe, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes £33 14s N/A N/A
23 Oct 1767 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, A Peep behind the Curtain or The New Rehearsal No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1767 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Royal Chace No No No £177 16s 6d N/A N/A
09 Nov 1767 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Oxonian in Town, The Female Archer No No No £237 13s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1768 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £193 16s N/A N/A
02 May 1768 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Highland Reel No No Yes £226 13s N/A N/A
23 May 1768 Covent Garden George Barnwell, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £51 1s 6d N/A N/A
23 Sep 1768 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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