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
£27,895 16s £2,095 16s (7.5%) £25,800 (92.5%)
1732 - 1809
£27,895 16s - (100%) £2,095 16s (7.5%) £25,800 (92.5%)
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 %
02 May 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Lyar No No Yes £231 14s 6d N/A N/A
16 Nov 1787 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Lyar No No Yes £255 13s 6d 50% N/A
25 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Lyar, The Conjugal Frolick No No No £249 14s 6d 58% N/A
03 May 1788 Drury Lane The Regent, The Lyar No No No £233 3s 6d 69% N/A
07 May 1788 Drury Lane Seeing Is Believing, Tit for Tat, Nature Will Prevail, The Lyar No No Yes £144 17s 40% N/A
19 May 1788 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Lyar No No Yes £203 16s 43% N/A
26 May 1788 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Lyar, Hunting Song No No Yes £177 10s 17% N/A
31 May 1788 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Lyar No No No £135 2s 72% N/A
04 Jun 1788 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Lyar No No No £55 14s 6d 62% N/A
16 Sep 1788 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Lyar, The Conjugal Frolick, Sheepshearing Song No No No £109 18s 6d 100% N/A
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