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 %
22 Dec 1740 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, Nancy, Le Bergeres Fidelle, Comic Ballet, Yorkshire Maggot No No Yes £91 6s 6d N/A N/A
15 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Fatal Marriage Or The Innocent Adultery, Nancy No No Yes £169 6s 6d N/A N/A
12 Feb 1741 Covent Garden All For Love Or The World Well Lost, Nancy, Chaconne, Italian Peasants, The Matelots No Yes No £160 6s N/A N/A
17 Mar 1741 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Nancy, The Matelots, Louvre, Minuet, Yorkshire Maggot Yes No Yes £206 14s N/A N/A
30 Mar 1741 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Mock Doctor, Nancy, The Swiss, Comic Ballet, Italian Peasants, New Muzette, Tambourine Yes No Yes £192 2s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1742 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Peasants, Ruddier Than the Cherry, Minuet, Pantaloon and Enamorata, True Blue Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Press Gang or Love in Low Life, Ellen A Roon, The Lady's Lesson No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Press Gang, Comic Entertainment Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Press Gang, Pantomime Peasant Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Press Gang No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
Download Export