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
£23,853 10s 6d £1,705 16s 6d (7.2%) £22,147 14s (92.8%)
1732 - 1809
£23,853 10s 6d - (100%) £1,705 16s 6d (7.2%) £22,147 14s (92.8%)
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 %
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
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