Love in a Village (1762)

Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Composer
Karl Friedrich Abel
Composer
Pietro Paradies
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£45,596 17s 3d £35,361 6s 9d (77.6%) £10,235 10s 6d (22.4%)
1732 - 1809
£45,596 17s 3d - (100%) £35,361 6s 9d (77.6%) £10,235 10s 6d (22.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
352 288 64
1732 - 1809
352 288 64
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
24 Nov 1781 Drury Lane Love In A Village, Robinson Crusoe, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £104 13s 34% N/A
22 Dec 1781 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Tom Thumb, The Double Surprise No No No £109 17s N/A N/A
04 May 1782 Drury Lane Love In A Village, Miss in Her Teens, Country Dance, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £57 1s N/A N/A
30 Sep 1782 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Barnaby Brittle or A Wife at her Wits End, The Belle of the Village No No No £251 1s 6d 100% N/A
03 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Love In A Village, All the Worlds a Stage, Country Dance, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £82 19s 28% N/A
07 Oct 1782 Drury Lane Love In A Village, Robinson Crusoe, Minuet de la Cour No No No £96 8s 6d 30% N/A
28 Nov 1782 Drury Lane Love In A Village, The Alchymist, Country Dance, Devonshire Minuet No No No £88 17s 6d 35% N/A
31 Jan 1783 Drury Lane Love In A Village, The Triumph of Mirth, Country Dance, Minuet de la Cour No No No £138 7s N/A N/A
06 Mar 1783 Drury Lane Love In A Village, The Camp, Country Dance, Highland Reel No No No £145 4s 38% N/A
17 Sep 1783 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Tristram Shandy, The Belle of the Village No No No £203 10s 6d 100% N/A
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