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The Royal Merchant; or, Beggar's Bush (1705)

Mainpiece

Comedy

Spoken Drama

A revision of John Fletcher's 'The Beggar's Bush' (c.1622). Thomas Hull wrote a comic opera version in 1767.

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

1732

1809

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
09 May 1740	Covent Garden	The Royal Merchant, Damon and Phillida, The Parting Lovers, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Tambourine	No	No	Yes	Unknown	N/A	N/A
03 Oct 1740	Covent Garden	The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Cheats of Scapin, The Swiss Peasants, Comic Ballet	No	No	No	£52 14s 6d	100%	N/A
29 Oct 1740	Drury Lane	The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Rural Sports	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
30 Oct 1740	Drury Lane	The Royal Merchant, The Rural Sports	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
31 Oct 1740	Drury Lane	The Royal Merchant, The Devil to Pay, Ballet of Shepherds and Shepherdesses, Grand Ballet	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
26 Dec 1740	Covent Garden	The Royal Merchant, Orpheus and Eurydice	No	No	No	£136 19s	N/A	N/A
26 Nov 1741	Covent Garden	The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, Perseus and Andromeda or The Cheats of Harlequin	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
28 Dec 1741	Covent Garden	The Royal Merchant, Orpheus and Eurydice	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
11 May 1742	Covent Garden	The Royal Merchant, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Comic Dance, Minuet, Rigadone Provencale	No	No	Yes	Unknown	N/A	N/A
21 Dec 1742	Covent Garden	The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A

Performances

Commands

Covent Garden

The Royal Merchant, Damon and Phillida, The Parting Lovers, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Tambourine