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 %
26 Oct 1732 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Dutchwoman, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Aug 1733 Covent Garden The London Merchant, The Stage Mutineers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Aug 1733 Covent Garden The London Merchant, The Stage Mutineers, French peasant, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Aug 1733 Covent Garden The London Merchant, The Stage Mutineers, Scotch Dance, Swedish Dal Karl No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1733 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jul 1735 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Mock Doctor, Jenny Come Tie Me; Or, The New Way of Wooing, Drunken Peasant, New Comic Dance, Pierot Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1735 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Colombine Courtezan, Dutchman and Frow, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1740 Covent Garden The London Merchant Or The True And Tragical History Of George Barnwell, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Saraband, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jun 1741 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Virgin Unmasked, If Love be a Fault, Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Anatomist No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1744 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Flora Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
22 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £140 100% N/A
23 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Anatomist No No No £140 100% N/A
30 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £60 100% N/A
31 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scotch Dance, Venetian Gardeners No No No £75 4s 36% N/A
26 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, A Duke and no Duke or The Power of Magick, Sailors, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No No £105 47% N/A
26 Dec 1749 Covent Garden The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £117 2s 53% N/A
15 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Don Saverio No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1750 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe, Black Joke, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Lethe No No No £140 100% N/A
20 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Chaplet No No No £100 100% N/A
27 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Queen Mab No No No £140 N/A N/A
14 May 1751 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Lying Valet, Comic Dance No No Yes £60 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1751 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Harlequin Ranger No No No £200 N/A N/A
26 Dec 1753 Drury Lane George Barnwell, Fortunatus No No No £180 N/A N/A
01 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Genii Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
20 Jan 1756 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance, Pantomime Dance No No No £140 N/A N/A
13 May 1756 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Anatomist, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
23 May 1757 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Lying Valet, The Drunken Peasant, Hornpipe No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
15 May 1758 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The King and the Miller of Mansfield Yes No Yes £200 N/A N/A
06 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Fortunatus No No No £145 11s 70% N/A
17 May 1759 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Englishman in Paris, Hornpipe, Comic Dance No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
31 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Harlequin's Invasion or A Christmas Gambol No No No £200 55% N/A
13 May 1760 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Mock Doctor, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1761 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1761 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, Arcadia No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1761 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1763 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Englishman in Paris No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1763 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Rites of Hecate or Harlequin from the Moon No No No £269 13s N/A N/A
01 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Queen Mab, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Queen Mab, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Deuce is in Him, The Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Fortunatus, The Irish Lilt Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The London Merchant, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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