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
£8,056 4s £6,325 19s (78.5%) £1,730 5s (21.5%)
1732 - 1809
£8,056 4s - (100%) £6,325 19s (78.5%) £1,730 5s (21.5%)
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 %
11 May 1787 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Maid of Bath, Leap Year No No Yes £224 6s 42% N/A
10 Oct 1787 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Padlock No No No £145 6s 100% N/A
30 May 1788 Covent Garden The Brothers, Love and War, The Cobler of Castle Dormot No No Yes £296 8s 53% N/A
16 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Farmer, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £371 2s 6d 100% N/A
02 May 1791 Covent Garden The Brothers, Alexander the Little or The Rival Queans, The Jockies No No Yes £327 4s 44% N/A
04 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Brothers, The Deaf Lover, Actaeon and Diana No No No £157 14s 6d 33% N/A
11 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Brothers, Robinson Cruosoe, A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner No No No £124 17s 6d 31% N/A
25 Sep 1802 Drury Lane The Brothers, Two Strings to Your Bow No No No £301 3s 6d 100% N/A
09 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Brothers, The Spoiled Child No No No £252 9s 100% N/A
28 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Brothers, Midas No No No £209 1s 45% N/A
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