The Liar (1762)

Author
Samuel Foote
Author
Pierre Corneille
Work Type
Mainpiece
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
£23,853 10s 6d £1,705 16s 6d (7.2%) £22,147 14s (92.8%)
1732 - 1809
£23,853 10s 6d - (100%) £1,705 16s 6d (7.2%) £22,147 14s (92.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
166 22 144
1732 - 1809
166 22 144
Notes
Adapted from Corneille's Le Menteur (1644).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
03 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Lyar, Comic Dance No No Yes £308 1s N/A N/A
14 Apr 1785 Drury Lane Elfrida, The Lyar No Yes No £242 7s 6d N/A N/A
20 May 1785 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Lyar, Minuet de la Cour, Hornpipe No No Yes £220 18s 6d N/A N/A
02 Nov 1785 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Lyar No Yes No £262 13s 6d 63% N/A
10 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lyar, Dance of Spirits No No No £83 14s 26% N/A
25 Mar 1786 Drury Lane Percy, The Lyar, The Lucky Return No No No £205 4s 6d 45% N/A
31 May 1786 Drury Lane The Chances, The Lyar, The Lucky Return No No Yes £249 4s 6d 52% N/A
29 Nov 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Lyar No No No £105 6d 35% N/A
08 Dec 1786 Drury Lane A School For Grey Beards, The Lyar No No Yes £129 1s N/A N/A
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