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 Mar 1802 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Liar No No No £361 12s 51% N/A
27 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Duenna, The Liar No No No £257 3s 6d 45% N/A
04 Oct 1802 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Liar No No No £195 6s 6d 42% N/A
20 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Liar No No No £203 1s 6d 46% N/A
13 May 1803 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, The Liar No No Yes £290 4s 6d N/A N/A
08 Nov 1803 Drury Lane The Wife of Two Husbands, The Liar No No No £181 3s 39% N/A
26 Apr 1804 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Liar No No No £118 16s 6d 45% N/A
25 Oct 1804 Drury Lane The Wife of Two Husbands, The Liar No No No £121 6s 26% N/A
19 Jan 1805 Drury Lane She Stoops to Conquer, The United Britons, The Liar No No No £220 17s 34% N/A
04 Apr 1805 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Liar No No No £602 3s 6d 73% N/A
14 Nov 1805 Drury Lane The Cabinet, Nelson's Victory, The Liar No No No £294 7s 54% N/A
13 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Siege of Belgrade, The Liar No No No £301 9s 49% N/A
11 Apr 1806 Drury Lane The Travellers, The Liar No No No £255 12s 57% N/A
07 Nov 1806 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Liar No No No £139 1s 30% N/A
23 May 1807 Drury Lane Travellers, Liar No No No £107 2s 6d 33% N/A
13 Oct 1807 Drury Lane Love in a Village, The Liar No No No £280 18s 100% N/A
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