Cross Purposes (1772)

Author
William O'Brien
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£11,949 17s 9d £9,079 19s 9d (76%) £2,869 18s (24%)
1732 - 1809
£11,949 17s 9d - (100%) £9,079 19s 9d (76%) £2,869 18s (24%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
79 69 10
1732 - 1809
79 69 10
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Nov 1799 Covent Garden The Mysteries Of The Castle, Cross Purposes, The Mouth of the Nile No No No £293 17s 6d 53% N/A
18 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, Cross Purposes, Robinson Crusoe No No No £174 27% N/A
28 Nov 1800 Drury Lane A Trip to Scarborough, Robinson Crusoe, Cross Purposes No No No £137 1s 32% N/A
09 Feb 1801 Drury Lane Pizarro, Cross Purposes No No No £360 14s 6d 50% N/A
13 Apr 1801 Drury Lane Pizarro, Cross Purposes No No No £309 13s 6d 56% N/A
04 May 1801 Drury Lane Adelmorn, The Outlaw, Cross Purposes No No No £289 14s 6d 52% N/A
17 Mar 1803 Covent Garden John Bull, Cross Purposes No No No £601 7s 3d 59% N/A
31 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Travellers, Cross Purposes No No No £462 19s 52% N/A
03 Feb 1806 Drury Lane The Travellers, Cross Purposes No No No £479 8s 6d 64% N/A
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