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 Oct 1776 Drury Lane The West Indian, A Christmas Tale No No No £167 15s 41% N/A
23 Dec 1776 Drury Lane The West Indian, Selima and Azor, The Double Festival No No No £185 17s 6d 55% N/A
05 Feb 1777 Covent Garden The West Indian, Cross Purposes, Pastoral Dance, The Villagers No Yes No £268 2s 63% N/A
12 May 1777 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Citizen, The Serenade, The Humours of Leixlip No Yes No £164 4s 39% N/A
23 May 1777 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Padlock, New Comic Dance No No Yes £278 12s 8% N/A
19 Dec 1777 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Upholsterer, The Enchantress No No Yes £181 12s 47% N/A
08 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The West Indian, Queen Mab, The Power of Love [later called The Force of Love] No No No £190 4s 100% N/A
16 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The West Indian, Queen Mab No No No £144 17s 6d N/A N/A
02 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £132 4s N/A N/A
11 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The West Indian, A Monody, Polly Honeycomb No No No £213 10s 6d N/A N/A
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