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
£10,756 11s £1,298 17s (12.1%) £9,457 14s (87.9%)
1732 - 1809
£10,756 11s - (100%) £1,298 17s (12.1%) £9,457 14s (87.9%)
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 %
13 May 1749 Drury Lane Merope No Yes No £76 4s 6d 100% N/A
31 Jan 1750 Drury Lane Merope, Grand Scotch Dance Yes No No £170 8s 49% N/A
01 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, Grand Scotch Dance No No No £126 10s 6d 56% N/A
02 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, The Lying Valet, Swedish Gardeners No No No £141 15s 65% N/A
03 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, Savoyard Travellers Yes No No £142 17s 70% N/A
05 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, Anatomist, Grand Scotch Dance No No No £127 19s 6d 57% N/A
09 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, Savoyard Travellers No Yes Yes £336 16s 62% N/A
20 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Merope, The Chaplet Yes No No £143 18s 55% N/A
31 Mar 1750 Drury Lane Merope, The Chaplet, Venetian Gardeners No No Yes £185 14s 73% N/A
25 Apr 1750 Drury Lane Merope, Lethe, Swedish Gardeners No Yes Yes £207 17s 80% N/A
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