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
£10,058 8s 6d £9,439 4s 6d (93.8%) £619 4s (6.2%)
1732 - 1809
£10,058 8s 6d - (100%) £9,439 4s 6d (93.8%) £619 4s (6.2%)
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 %
02 May 1740 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Parting Lovers, The Stage Coach, Je ne scay quoy, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1740 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, The Parting Lovers, The School Boy, Arra My Judy, Faithful Lovers, Grand Ballet, Je ne scay quoy, Minuet, The Britain No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1740 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, Damon and Phillida, The Parting Lovers, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1740 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Country House, The Parting Lovers, Swiss Dance, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1740 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Parting Lovers, Grand Ballet, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jun 1740 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Parting Lovers, Peasants, Comic Ballet, Drunken Man, Grecian Sailors, Swiss Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, Nancy or The Parting Lovers, The Tanner of York, Miller and Wife No No No £54 16s 6d 100% N/A
24 Oct 1740 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Nancy or The Parting Lovers, Miller and his Wife, Drunken Peasants, Je ne scay quoy, The Swiss Yes No No £31 N/A N/A
20 Nov 1740 Covent Garden Cato, Nancy, Comic Ballet, Wooden Shoe No Yes Yes £347 1s N/A N/A
19 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Nancy, Comic Ballet, Miller and his Wife, The Yorkshire Maggot No No Yes £61 17s N/A N/A
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