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
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