Polly Honeycombe (1760)

Author
George Colman, the elder
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
£5,304 6s £782 9s 6d (14.8%) £4,521 16s 6d (85.2%)
1732 - 1809
£5,304 6s - (100%) £782 9s 6d (14.8%) £4,521 16s 6d (85.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
109 15 94
1732 - 1809
109 15 94
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
31 Dec 1762 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1763 Drury Lane Elvira, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1763 Drury Lane The Elvira, Polly Honeycomb, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, Polly Honeycomb, Dryden's Ode (on the Power of Music) Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, Polly Honeycomb No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1763 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1763 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Polly Honeycombe, The Sicilian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1763 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycomb Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1763 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, Polly Honeycombe, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1763 Drury Lane Hamlet, Polly Honeycombe No No No £194 17s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1763 Drury Lane Philaster, Polly Honeycombe No No No £191 7s N/A N/A
22 Oct 1763 Drury Lane Philaster, Polly Honeycombe, The Provancalle No No No £144 7s 6d N/A N/A
24 Nov 1763 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Polly Honeycombe No No No £220 1s N/A N/A
16 Feb 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycomb No No No £186 19s 6d N/A N/A
17 Mar 1764 Drury Lane Philaster, Polly Honeycombe, The Provancalle No No No £177 18s 6d N/A N/A
10 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Foundling, Polly Honeycomb, The Shepherdesses, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £216 7s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, Polly Honeycomb No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycomb, The Provancalle No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1764 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1764 Drury Lane Cymbeline, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1764 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Polly Honeycombe, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Polly Honeycombe, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, Polly Honeycombe, The Millers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, Polly Honeycombe, The Irish Lilt, The Medley No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1765 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, Polly Honeycombe, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1765 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, Polly Honeycombe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Sep 1765 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1765 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Polly Honeycombe, The Village Romps No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Comus, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Polly Honeycombe, The Village Romps No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1766 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Polly Honeycombe, Rural Love Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1766 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Polly Honeycombe No No No £135 14s 6d 100% N/A
11 Oct 1766 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, Polly Honeycombe, The Vintage, The Italian Bakers No No No £130 17s 6d 53% N/A
04 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, Polly Honeycomb, The Jealous Peasant, The Vintage No Yes No £248 5s 51% N/A
13 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, Polly Honeycombe No No No £165 9s 6d 54% N/A
19 Dec 1770 Drury Lane King Arthur, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1771 Drury Lane King Arthur, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, Polly Honeycomb No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1771 Drury Lane The Alchymist, Polly Honeycomb No No No £230 10s 56% N/A
10 Feb 1773 Drury Lane Hamlet, Polly Honeycomb No No No £268 13s 6d 59% N/A
19 May 1773 Covent Garden Hamlet, Polly Honeycombe, Highland Reel No No Yes £199 16s 6d 43% N/A
02 Oct 1773 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, Polly Honeycomb, The Mountaineers No No No £267 18s 100% N/A
11 Dec 1773 Drury Lane The School For Wives, Polly Honeycomb No No No £244 15s 6d 68% N/A
20 May 1775 Drury Lane As You Like It, Polly Honeycomb, The Pirates No No Yes £276 4s 6d N/A N/A
07 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, Polly Honeycomb, The Double Festival, Fete Champetre, The Triumph of Love No No No £181 19s 6d 58% N/A
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