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 %
15 May 1781 Drury Lane The West Indian, A Fete, The Flitch of Bacon, The Butterfly No No Yes £260 1s 28% N/A
25 May 1781 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Deaf Lover, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £271 34% N/A
02 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The West Indian, Robinson Crusoe No No No £184 14s 100% N/A
01 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Maid of the Oaks No No No £210 2s 6d 51% N/A
20 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Chaplet, The Irish Fair, How Sweet in the Woodlands, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes £236 16s 43% N/A
15 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £209 12s 50% N/A
05 Feb 1783 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £110 7s 35% N/A
29 May 1783 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Deserter, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £264 40% N/A
12 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The West Indian, Fortunatus No No No £132 12s 6d 30% N/A
11 Dec 1783 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Camp No No No £97 1s 33% N/A
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