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 %
30 Mar 1807 Drury Lane The West Indian, Tekeli No No No £217 12s 6d 35% N/A
09 Jun 1807 Drury Lane The West-Indian, The Sprig of Shillelagh and Shamrock So Green, Ballet, A House to be Sold, The Tough Wooden Walls of Old England, In Search of a Wife, The Race Horse No No Yes £336 11s 27% N/A
19 Sep 1807 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Sprig of Shillelagh and Shamrock So Green, No Song No Supper No No No £290 19s 6d 100% N/A
26 Oct 1807 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Forty Thieves No No No £284 15s 6d N/A N/A
21 Dec 1807 Drury Lane The West-Indian, Tekeli No No No £195 12s N/A N/A
23 Dec 1807 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Blind Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1808 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Sprig of Shillelah and Shamrock So Green, Rosina No No No £242 12s N/A N/A
02 Jun 1808 Drury Lane The West Indian, Blue Devils, Ella Rosenberg No No No £87 13s N/A N/A
18 Oct 1808 Drury Lane West Indian, Blue Beard No No No £332 1s 100% N/A
14 Apr 1809 Drury Lane West Indian, Of Age Tomorrow No No No £127 10s 6d 40% N/A
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