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 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £120 5s 35% N/A
27 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £63 12s 6d 30% N/A
05 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The West Indian, Robinson Crusoe No No No £132 9s 6d 32% N/A
20 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The West Indian, Robinson Crusoe No No No £129 13s 34% N/A
28 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £125 3s 35% N/A
11 Jun 1789 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Divorce, The Irish Fair No No Yes £254 16s 29% N/A
19 Sep 1789 Drury Lane The West Indian, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £183 3s 6d 100% N/A
18 Nov 1789 Drury Lane The West Indian, All the Worlds a Stage No No No £241 6s 6d 35% N/A
08 May 1790 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £45 6d 14% N/A
02 Jun 1790 Drury Lane The West Indian, The First Floor, Hornpipe, Minuet de la Cour, Scotch Reel No No Yes £56 5s N/A N/A
03 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £123 7s 6d 46% N/A
05 Jun 1793 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £338 13% N/A
03 Jan 1794 Covent Garden The West Indian, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £342 4s 6d 100% N/A
21 Oct 1797 Covent Garden The West Indian, Les Delassemens Militaires, Peggy's Love No No No £269 6d 44% N/A
29 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The West Indian, Peeping Tom No Yes No £434 6d 62% N/A
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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