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 %
25 May 1773 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Author, Hornpipe, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £269 3s 6d 37% N/A
21 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker, The Author Yes No Yes £263 10s 48% N/A
09 Apr 1774 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Author, The Corsican Sailors, The Highland Reel No No Yes £203 10s 6d 45% N/A
15 Apr 1774 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Author, Triple Hornpipe, The Favourite Comic Ballet, Allemande, Minuet, New Serious Ballet, The Black Prince's Festival, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £194 9s 59% N/A
17 Nov 1774 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Author No No No £212 9s N/A N/A
26 Apr 1775 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Author, Oh What a Charming Thing's a Battle, The Irish Fair No No Yes £142 16s N/A N/A
08 May 1775 Drury Lane The Brothers, The Author, Grand New Spanish Dance, Grand Dance, Hornpipe, The School Master No No Yes £166 7s 6d N/A N/A
28 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Author, New Spanish Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Author, Mirth and Jollity No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Author No No No £243 8s 6d N/A N/A
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