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
£4,426 9s 6d £1,497 13s 6d (33.8%) £2,928 16s (66.2%)
1732 - 1809
£4,426 9s 6d - (100%) £1,497 13s 6d (33.8%) £2,928 16s (66.2%)
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 %
09 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, Daphne and Amintor No No No £201 4s 6d 52% N/A
12 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, The Musical Lady, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £205 5s 51% N/A
14 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, The Deuce Is in Him, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £174 6d 46% N/A
17 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, Daphne and Amintor, The Millers and the Colliers, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £162 6s 47% N/A
26 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, High Life below Stairs, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £193 17s 55% N/A
23 Sep 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Irish Lilt No No No £146 8s 6d N/A N/A
07 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £108 4s 6d N/A N/A
03 May 1768 Drury Lane The English Merchant, Thomas and Sally, The Wake, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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