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 %
08 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Lyar No No No £276 6d N/A N/A
06 Jan 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, Mirth and Jollity No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, Mirth and Jollity No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, Rural Merriment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1776 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, The Lyar, The Italian Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, The Frolick No Yes No £260 12s 62% N/A
14 Dec 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, The Frolick No No No £247 4s 52% N/A
24 May 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Lyar, Pastoral Dance No No Yes £210 18s 6d 12% N/A
09 Mar 1778 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar, All in the Downs or Farewell to Deal No Yes No £282 11s 57% N/A
05 May 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Lyar, The Sailor's Revels No No Yes £209 15s 35% N/A
25 May 1778 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £258 11s 6d 13% N/A
03 Oct 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Lyar, The Strength of Love No No No £160 14s 100% N/A
15 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Lyar No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1779 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Lyar No No No £58 18s 6d N/A N/A
26 May 1779 Drury Lane The Chances, The Lyar, Hornpipe No No Yes £280 3s 6d 100% N/A
24 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Amphitryon, The Lyar, Cupid Recruiting; or, The Female Volunteers No Yes No £270 64% N/A
18 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Lyar No No No £117 8s 6d 43% N/A
27 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Lyar No No No £156 5s 6d 36% N/A
29 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Othello, The Lyar No No No £94 11s 6d 33% N/A
04 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Islanders, The Lyar, The Humours of Leixlip No Yes No £278 12s 6d 57% N/A
02 Jan 1781 Drury Lane Zara, The Lyar, The Countryman Deceiv'd No No No £103 4s 29% N/A
11 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, The Lyar No No No £182 1s 6d 39% N/A
17 May 1781 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Lyar, The Devonshire Minuet, Tally Ho!, The Butterfly No No Yes £208 9s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Carnival Of Venice, The Lyar No No No £148 4s 49% N/A
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