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 %
20 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Author, The Double Festival, Fete Champetre, The Triumph of Love No No No £165 19s 42% N/A
06 Feb 1778 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Author, Tea or Tragedy a la Mode, The Cricketters No No Yes £221 6d 61% N/A
16 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The Countess Of Salisbury, The Author, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No No Yes £217 16s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1779 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, The Fair Quaker or The Humours of the Navy, The Author, Dance of Sailors, Dance the Air No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1782 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Author No No No £185 18s 6d 44% N/A
07 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Author No No No £228 16s 73% N/A
28 Oct 1783 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Author No No No £183 19s 53% N/A
14 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Author No No No £217 5s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Author No No No £240 9s 6d N/A N/A
26 May 1785 Drury Lane The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, The Author, The Sportsmen's Return, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £235 19s N/A N/A
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