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 %
31 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The West Indian, Harlequin-Amulet; or, The Magick of Mona No No No £172 2s 32% N/A
01 May 1802 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £193 10s 38% N/A
23 Sep 1802 Drury Lane The West Indian, High Life Below Stairs No No No £284 7s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The West Indian, Fortune's Frolic No No No £185 1s 42% N/A
01 Jan 1803 Drury Lane West Indian, Love & Magic No No No £233 7s 6d 44% N/A
17 Feb 1803 Drury Lane The West Indian, Midas No No No £167 2s 34% N/A
04 Jan 1805 Drury Lane The West Indian, Matrimony, Old Harlequin's Fire-Side No No No £306 8s 57% N/A
09 Jan 1805 Drury Lane The West Indian, Old Harlequin's Fire-Side, A House to be Sold No No No £271 5s 50% N/A
14 Jan 1805 Drury Lane The West Indian, Old Harlequin's Fire-side, The Mock Doctor No No No £370 9s 39% N/A
21 Jan 1805 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Apprentice, Old Harlequin's Fire-side No No No £265 12s 6d 39% N/A
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