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 %
23 May 1768 Drury Lane The English Merchant, Catharine and Petruchio, Double Hornpipe, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1769 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Apollo and Daphne No No No £144 12s N/A N/A
06 Feb 1769 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £170 18s 6d N/A N/A
21 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £182 4s N/A N/A
15 Nov 1769 Covent Garden The English Merchant, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £167 9s 6d N/A N/A
21 Feb 1770 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Harlequin's Jubilee No No No £229 19s N/A N/A
04 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The English Merchant, The Fairy Prince No No No £172 3s 52% N/A
26 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The English Merchant, Mother Shipton No No No £175 14s 6d 41% N/A
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