Meropé (1749)

Author
Aaron Hill
Author
Voltaire
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
£10,336 17s £1,298 17s (12.6%) £9,038 (87.4%)
1732 - 1809
£10,336 17s - (100%) £1,298 17s (12.6%) £9,038 (87.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
70 6 64
1732 - 1809
70 6 64
Notes
Adapted and translated from Voltaire's 'Mérope' (1743), itself a reworking of Italian Scipione Maffei's 'Merope' (1713).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
15 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope No No No £123 18s 6d N/A N/A
17 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope No No No £126 14s N/A N/A
18 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope No No No £110 9s N/A N/A
20 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope No No No £107 17s N/A N/A
21 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope No No Yes £94 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope, Scotch Dance Yes No No £124 5s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope, Scotch Dance No No No £137 9s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1749 Drury Lane Merope, Scotch Dance No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
06 May 1749 Drury Lane Merope, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £176 14s 6d 100% N/A
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