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 %
28 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Liar, Lodoiska, My Grandmother No No No £135 7s 100% N/A
04 Jul 1794 Drury Lane Lodoiska, The Liar, The Glorious First Of June No No No £237 16s 6d 100% N/A
16 Jan 1796 Drury Lane The Jew, The Liar No No No £261 6s 47% N/A
14 Jun 1796 Drury Lane My Grandmother, Tit for Tat, The Liar, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes £523 2s 100% N/A
24 Sep 1796 Drury Lane Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage, The Liar, Epithalamium No No No £372 6d 100% N/A
29 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Liar No No Yes £271 17s 6d 88% N/A
20 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Liar No No No £270 5s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Liar, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £219 17s 43% N/A
05 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Liar, Hornpipe No No Yes £63 7s 6d N/A N/A
14 Jan 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Liar No No No £529 5s 69% N/A
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