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 Mar 1773 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Pigmy Revels No No No £195 15s 6d 45% N/A
15 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The West Indian, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Dance Yes No Yes £200 4s 31% N/A
07 May 1773 Drury Lane The West Indian, Harlequin's Invasion No No Yes £159 18s 42% N/A
01 Jun 1773 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Lyar, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £259 8s 6d 100% N/A
23 Sep 1773 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Elopement No No No £163 16s 100% N/A
07 Oct 1773 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Elopement, The Mountaineers Yes No No £88 7s 6d 47% N/A
15 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The West Indian, Midas No No No £137 4s 6d 52% N/A
16 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The West Indian, Comus No No No £180 7s 6d 60% N/A
19 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The West Indian, Comus No No No £146 16s 6d 49% N/A
20 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The West Indian, Comus No Yes No £224 18s 6d 47% N/A
29 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Fair No No No £136 1s 6d 44% N/A
26 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Golden Pippin Yes No No £113 10s 41% N/A
18 Dec 1773 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Padlock Yes No Yes £250 4s 49% N/A
11 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Sylphs Yes No No £183 15s N/A N/A
29 Jan 1774 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Genii No No No £183 19s 6d 42% N/A
11 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Deserter, The Irish Fair, Linco's Travels Yes No Yes £166 4s 6d 49% N/A
09 May 1774 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Gentle Shepherd, Imitations, An Ode to Masonry, Judge Tycho's Sentence Yes No Yes £207 15s 61% N/A
17 May 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Upholsterer, Comic Dance No No Yes £249 1s 33% N/A
14 Oct 1774 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Genii No No No £128 7s N/A N/A
14 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Sylphs, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Druids No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, Cross Purposes, Song of Guardian Angels, The Reel, Ellen Aroon No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1775 Drury Lane The West Indian, Harlequin's Jacket, Grand Provencalle Dance No No No £161 17s N/A N/A
19 May 1775 Drury Lane The West Indian, Tom Thumb, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £194 12s N/A N/A
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