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 %
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
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