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 %
09 Apr 1772 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Author, The Amusements of Strasburgh Yes No Yes £165 7s 43% N/A
25 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Author, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £120 1s 6d 39% N/A
12 May 1772 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Author, Comic Dance No No Yes £153 16s 6d 47% N/A
18 May 1772 Drury Lane Love In A Village, The Author, Comic Dance, O What a Charming Thing's a Battle Yes No Yes £207 13s 6d 28% N/A
20 Nov 1772 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Author No No No £217 16s 62% N/A
04 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Author, The Butterfly No No No £229 11s 6d 67% N/A
13 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Author Yes No No £210 1s 6d 56% N/A
08 Mar 1773 Drury Lane Alonzo, The Author No No Yes £176 13s N/A N/A
22 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Author, Minuet, Louvre, Mungo Dance, New Comic Dance, Pas de Trois, Tambourine, The Lutte Marine No No Yes £154 18s 23% N/A
17 May 1773 Drury Lane The Maid Of Kent, The Author, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £99 3s 6d 37% N/A
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