The Cunning Man (1766)

Composer
Charles Burney
Author
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Drama/entertainment
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
£2,440 12s £0 (0%) £2,440 12s (100%)
1732 - 1809
£2,440 12s - (100%) £0 (0%) £2,440 12s (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
16 0 16
1732 - 1809
16 0 16
Notes
Imitated from Rousseau's 'Le Devin du Village' (1752).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Cunning Man Yes No No £150 13s 53% N/A
22 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Cunning Man No No No £211 13s 52% N/A
25 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Cunning Man, The Italian Bakers No No No £94 5s 36% N/A
26 Nov 1766 Drury Lane Mahomet, The Cunning Man No No No £100 5s 6d 37% N/A
27 Nov 1766 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Cunning Man, The Italian Bakers No Yes No £241 9s 6d 56% N/A
01 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Cunning Man No No No £146 6d N/A N/A
03 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Cunning Man, Concerto on harpsichord No No Yes £176 2s N/A N/A
05 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Cunning Man Yes No No £104 4s 6d 37% N/A
31 Jan 1767 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, The Cunning Man Yes No No £173 16s 6d 43% N/A
14 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Cunning Man No No No £218 18s 55% N/A
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