The Apprentice (1756)

Author
Arthur Murphy
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£30,160 13s 6d £8,408 3s (27.9%) £21,752 10s 6d (72.1%)
1732 - 1809
£30,160 13s 6d - (100%) £8,408 3s (27.9%) £21,752 10s 6d (72.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
201 91 110
1732 - 1809
201 91 110
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Apprentice Yes No No £130 N/A N/A
03 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Apprentice No No No £140 N/A N/A
05 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Apprentice No No No £220 N/A N/A
06 Jan 1756 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, The Apprentice, Pantomime Dance No No No £70 N/A N/A
07 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Apprentice No No No £200 N/A N/A
08 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance No No No £130 N/A N/A
09 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Apprentice No Yes No £200 N/A N/A
12 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Apprentice No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
14 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance, Pantomime Dance No No No £140 N/A N/A
16 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance, Pantomime Dance No No No £150 N/A N/A
20 Jan 1756 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance, Pantomime Dance No No No £140 N/A N/A
02 Feb 1756 Drury Lane Merope, The Apprentice No No No £140 N/A N/A
15 Mar 1756 Drury Lane Athelstan, The Apprentice Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1756 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Apprentice, The New Sailors Dance Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
25 Mar 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Apprentice Yes No Yes £250 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Apprentice, New Sailors' Dance Yes No Yes £214 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1756 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Apprentice No No No £160 100% N/A
15 Oct 1756 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Apprentice No No No £180 N/A N/A
04 Nov 1756 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Apprentice No No No £80 N/A N/A
14 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Chances, The Apprentice No No No £190 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1757 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Apprentice, Grand Masquerade Dance, Minuet No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
12 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Apprentice, Ode in Commemoration of Shakespeare, Minuet No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
20 Sep 1757 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Apprentice No No No £90 100% N/A
27 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Apprentice No No No £130 75% N/A
02 Feb 1758 Drury Lane The Roman Father, The Apprentice No No No £180 65% N/A
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