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
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