The West Indian (1771)

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
£26,933 17s £5,833 14s 6d (21.7%) £21,100 2s 6d (78.3%)
1732 - 1809
£26,933 17s - (100%) £5,833 14s 6d (21.7%) £21,100 2s 6d (78.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
171 36 135
1732 - 1809
171 36 135
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
20 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The West Indian, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £84 1s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1779 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Liverpool Prize, The Burgomaster No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1779 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Wonders Of Derbyshire or Harlequin in the Peak No No No £170 17s 100% N/A
01 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Mirror No No No £188 16s 55% N/A
13 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £114 10s 100% N/A
05 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The West Indian, Who's The Dupe?, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £138 1s 35% N/A
08 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The West Indian, Fortunatus No No No £88 8s 6d 30% N/A
20 May 1780 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Norwood Gypsies, The Humours of New-Market No No Yes £212 6s 6d 59% N/A
12 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Quaker No No No £173 17s 100% N/A
27 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The West Indian, Tom Thumb, Rural Merriment No Yes No £275 7s 64% N/A
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