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

Author
Anonymous/unknown
Author
John Fletcher
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
£2,219 19s £2,219 19s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£2,219 19s - (100%) £2,219 19s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
62 59 3
1732 - 1809
62 59 3
Notes
A revision of John Fletcher's 'The Beggar's Bush' (c.1622). Thomas Hull wrote a comic opera version in 1767.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
09 Nov 1761 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Fair No No No £122 7s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1761 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, Lethe, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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