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
20 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The West Indian, Harlequin Junior No No No £191 19s 57% N/A
16 Sep 1784 Drury Lane The West Indian, A Trip to Scotland, The Sportsmen's Return, Postillion Dance No No No £131 10s 6d 100% N/A
19 May 1785 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Sons of Anacreon, Rosina, Hornpipe, Tally Ho! No No Yes £268 14s 6d N/A N/A
05 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Rehearsal No Yes No £328 11s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Magic Cavern or Virtues Triumph No No No £206 4s 6d 73% N/A
04 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Romp No No No £147 47% N/A
22 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The West Indian, Love in a Camp No No No £194 8s 45% N/A
31 May 1787 Drury Lane The West Indian, Who's the Dupe, Hornpipe, Highland Reel, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £233 14s 6d 51% N/A
14 Nov 1787 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Farmer No No No £222 4s 47% N/A
08 Dec 1787 Drury Lane The West Indian, Who's the Dupe No No No £80 9s 31% N/A
18 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The West Indian, Harlequin Junior No No No £128 16s 32% N/A
23 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Midnight Hour No Yes No £317 6s 6d 65% N/A
05 Jun 1788 Drury Lane The West Indian, All the Worlds a Stage, The Comic Concert, Jack Tars Delight, The Devonshire Reel No No Yes £279 12s 6d 12% N/A
17 Sep 1788 Covent Garden The West Indian, Midas No No No £193 10s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1788 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £182 13s 47% N/A
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