The Parting Lovers [True Blue] (1739)

Author
Henry Carey
Author
Thomas Hull (1776)
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Interlude
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£6,087 1s 6d £5,893 1s 6d (96.8%) £194 (3.2%)
1732 - 1809
£6,087 1s 6d - (100%) £5,893 1s 6d (96.8%) £194 (3.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
96 93 3
1732 - 1809
96 93 3
Notes
First performed as a song or entra'acte entertainment in 1739 and developed in a variety of different guises. Revived in 1755 as 'True Blue; or, The Press Gang' and was revived again as a patriotic afterpiece by Thomas Hull in 1776.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
01 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Tender Husband, Je ne scay quoy, The Parting Lovers, Grand Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Le Badinage de Provence No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, Je ne scay quoy, The Parting Lovers, The Reprizal, Comic Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Le Badinage de Provence Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, French Peasants, The Parting Lovers, Comic Ballet, Le Badinage de Provence No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, Grand Ballet, The Parting Lovers, Comic Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Le Badinage de Provence Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, Muzette, Parting Lovers, Comic Ballet, French Peasants, Tambourine, Wooden Shoe Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1740 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, Comic Ballet, The Parting Lovers, Miller and His Wife, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1740 Covent Garden The Committee, The Parting Lovers, French Peasant, Miller and His Wife, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Parting Lovers, Miller and His Wife, Carousal, Comic Ballet, French Boy and Girl, Grand Ballet, Trio Jovial No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1740 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Parting Lovers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Parting Lovers, Peasants, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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