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 Oct 1791 Drury Lane Poor Old Drury, The Haunted Tower, The Liar No No No £377 15s 100% N/A
25 Sep 1792 Drury Lane King Henry The Fifth Or The Conquest Of France, The Liar No No No £169 9s 6d 100% N/A
06 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Liar No No No £103 8s 28% N/A
20 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Liar No No No £74 6s 6d 24% N/A
28 Jan 1793 Drury Lane Cymon, The Liar No No No £170 11s 36% N/A
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
11 Mar 1800 Drury Lane The Egyptian Festival, The Liar No No No £320 18s 6d 59% N/A
05 Apr 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Liar No No No £524 4s 6d 64% N/A
10 May 1800 Drury Lane Indiscretion, The Liar, I Rise with the Morn, Glee No No No £220 16s 6d 70% N/A
04 Dec 1800 Drury Lane King John; or, England Invaded, The Liar No No No £218 11s 6d 55% N/A
08 Dec 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Liar No No No £366 17s 57% N/A
05 Jan 1801 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Liar No No No £308 3s 44% N/A
30 Apr 1801 Drury Lane Castle Spectre, Liar No No No £183 7s 46% N/A
16 May 1801 Drury Lane Adelmorn, The Outlaw, The Liar No No No £160 15s 52% N/A
10 Jun 1801 Drury Lane As You Like It, Liar No No Yes £68 5s 6d N/A N/A
02 Nov 1801 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Liar No No No £126 16s 6d 31% N/A
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