The Author (1757)

Author
Samuel Foote
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£12,594 16s 6d £2,448 14s (19.4%) £10,146 2s 6d (80.6%)
1732 - 1809
£12,594 16s 6d - (100%) £2,448 14s (19.4%) £10,146 2s 6d (80.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
84 27 57
1732 - 1809
84 27 57
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 Jan 1758 Drury Lane Creusa, The Author, The Italian Peasants No No No £180 72% N/A
01 Feb 1758 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Author No No No £150 44% N/A
17 Oct 1770 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Author, Comic Dance, The Merry Sailors No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1770 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Author, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1770 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Author, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1770 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Author, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Author, True Blue No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1770 Covent Garden Cyrus, True Blue, The Author No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Miser, True Blue, The Author No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1771 Covent Garden Clementina, The Author, The Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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