The Brothers (1769)

Author
Richard Cumberland
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
£6,483 8s £4,987 11s (76.9%) £1,495 17s (23.1%)
1732 - 1809
£6,483 8s - (100%) £4,987 11s (76.9%) £1,495 17s (23.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
50 41 9
1732 - 1809
50 41 9
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Brothers, Mother Shipton No No No £139 6d 56% N/A
22 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Fairy Prince No No No £166 15s 40% N/A
27 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Brothers, Mother Shipton No No No £133 2s 40% N/A
16 May 1772 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Padlock, Minuets, The Wapping Landlady, Allemandes, Cotillions, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £252 6s 41% N/A
22 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Brothers, The School Boy, Bucks Have at ye All No No Yes £166 16s 43% N/A
23 Feb 1775 Drury Lane The Brothers, Harlequin's Jacket, Grand Provencalle Dance No No No £143 5s N/A N/A
08 May 1775 Drury Lane The Brothers, The Author, Grand New Spanish Dance, Grand Dance, Hornpipe, The School Master No No Yes £166 7s 6d N/A N/A
23 Sep 1775 Drury Lane The Brothers, The Theatrical Candidates, The Miller of Mansfield No No No £208 11s 100% N/A
15 Jan 1778 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Mayor of Garratt, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £165 6s 40% N/A
25 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Poor Soldier, Leap Year No No Yes £303 7s 35% N/A
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