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 %
17 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Cunning Man, New concerto on harpsichord Yes No No £246 11s 51% N/A
20 Feb 1767 Drury Lane King John, The Cunning Man No No No £97 5s 36% N/A
05 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, The Cunning Man, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £215 19s 6d 51% N/A
19 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Cunning Man No No No £263 9s 54% N/A
10 Feb 1768 Drury Lane False Delicacy, The Cunning Man No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1768 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Cunning Man No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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