King Arthur; or, The British Worthy (1770)

Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Occasional
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£2,003 1s 6d £0 (0%) £2,003 1s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£2,003 1s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £2,003 1s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
35 0 35
1732 - 1809
35 0 35
Notes
Masque. Altered from John Dryden's 'King Arthur; or, The British Worthy' (1691),
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
04 Apr 1771 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Jubilee Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1772 Drury Lane King Arthur Or The British Worthy, Wits Last Stake No No No £140 17s 6d 57% N/A
14 Nov 1772 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £158 17s 58% N/A
05 Dec 1772 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £157 1s 6d 43% N/A
28 Apr 1773 Drury Lane King Arthur, Like Master Like Man, A Dissertation on Macaronies No No Yes £103 6s 43% N/A
19 Oct 1781 Drury Lane King Arthur Or The British Worthy, Who's the Dupe? No No No £123 8s 6d N/A N/A
22 Oct 1781 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Apprentice No No No £152 16s 55% N/A
24 Oct 1781 Drury Lane King Arthur, Catherine and Petruchio No No No £95 18s 30% N/A
26 Oct 1781 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Citizen No No No £112 1s 53% N/A
08 Nov 1781 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Gentle Shepherd No Yes No £263 1s 55% N/A