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 %
13 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Lyar, The Distress'd Lovers No No No £70 17s 6d N/A N/A
22 May 1782 Drury Lane The Fair American, The Lyar No No No £91 19s 6d 69% N/A
26 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Lyar, Devonshire Minuet No No No £113 15s 38% N/A
30 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Lyar, Minuet de la Cour, Hornpipe No No No £67 17s 6d 24% N/A
15 Feb 1783 Drury Lane Isabella, The Lyar No No No £293 3s 6d 55% N/A
28 Feb 1783 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Lyar No No No £238 3s 60% N/A
08 Mar 1783 Drury Lane Jane Shore, THE Lyar No No No £296 19s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Lyar, The Butterfly, Time Has Not Thinned My Flowing Hair No No Yes £209 15s 6d 42% N/A
28 May 1783 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Lyar, The Butterfly No No Yes £267 3s 19% N/A
02 Jun 1783 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lyar No No No £279 9s 6d 100% N/A
18 Sep 1783 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Lyar, The Pastoral Lovers No No No £151 19s 6d 100% N/A
17 Oct 1783 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Lyar No No No £273 1s 61% N/A
22 Dec 1783 Drury Lane Douglas, The Lyar No No Yes £303 8s 6d 51% N/A
21 Feb 1784 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Lyar No No No £223 5s 66% N/A
11 May 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, The Lyar, The Sportsmen's Return No No Yes £279 14s 6d 57% N/A
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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