The English Merchant (1767)

Author
Voltaire
Author
George Colman, the elder
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£4,314 4s 6d £1,385 8s 6d (32.1%) £2,928 16s (67.9%)
1732 - 1809
£4,314 4s 6d - (100%) £1,385 8s 6d (32.1%) £2,928 16s (67.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
30 11 19
1732 - 1809
30 11 19
Notes
Based on Voltaire's L'Ecossaise (1760).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, The Vintage No No No £235 3s 6d 49% N/A
23 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, New concerto on harpsichord, Hearts of Oak No No No £193 17s 6d 50% N/A
24 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, New concerto on harpsichord, The Vintage No No Yes £161 9s 6d N/A N/A
25 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, New concerto on harpsichord, New Pantomime Dance No No No £150 14s 6d 57% N/A
26 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, New Pantomime Dance, Concerto on harpsichord, The Prussian Camp No Yes No £230 9s 6d 51% N/A
27 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, New Pantomime Dance, Concerto on harpsichord, The Lilliputian Camp No No Yes £157 2s 6d N/A N/A
28 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, New Pantomime Dance, New concerto on harpsichord, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £193 7s 47% N/A
02 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance, The Lilliputian Camp No Yes No £238 1s 6d 51% N/A
03 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, High Life below Stairs, New Comic Dance, The Lilliputian Camp No No Yes £215 18s N/A 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
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