The Foundling (1748)

Author
Edward Moore
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£6,259 17s 4d £1,379 3s (22%) £4,880 14s 4d (78%)
1732 - 1809
£6,259 17s 4d - (100%) £1,379 3s (22%) £4,880 14s 4d (78%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
45 7 38
1732 - 1809
45 7 38
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Foundling, Linco's Travels, The Alchymist No No Yes £246 13s 6d 47% N/A
04 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Election, The Foundling, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £94 12s 39% N/A
20 Sep 1782 Drury Lane The Foundling, Robinson Crusoe or Harlequin Friday, A Dramatic Oglio No No No £123 10s 100% N/A
31 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £151 13s 49% N/A
28 May 1783 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Lyar, The Butterfly No No Yes £267 3s 19% N/A
08 Apr 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Poor Soldier, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £265 2s 45% N/A
25 Apr 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, Omai No No No £153 13s 52% N/A
04 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Padlock No No No £184 13s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Padlock, The Piping Pedlar No No No £184 3s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Poor Soldier, The Piping Pedlar No No No £123 12s 39% N/A
28 Sep 1787 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Padlock, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £150 3s 6d 100% N/A
15 May 1788 Covent Garden The Foundling, Midas, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £317 16s 6d 15% N/A
09 Jan 1793 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Divorce No No No £101 18s 6d 24% N/A
10 Jun 1793 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Quaker, New Comic Dance No No Yes £51 1s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Foundling, Lodoiska No No No £209 19s 100% N/A
23 Oct 1804 Drury Lane The Foundling, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £187 16s 38% N/A
01 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Foundling, Cinderella No No No £150 8s 6d 34% N/A
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