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 %
22 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lyar, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1770 Drury Lane King Lear, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1770 Drury Lane Cymon, The Lyar Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1770 Drury Lane Everyman In His Humour, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1770 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1771 Drury Lane Almida, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1771 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1771 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Lyar, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lyar No No No £258 19s 6d 63% N/A
20 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Lyar No No No £248 17s 6d 57% N/A
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