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 %
14 Mar 1774 Covent Garden Herod And Mariamne, Cross Purposes, The Old Ground Young, Allemande No No Yes £237 11s 6d 49% N/A
13 Apr 1774 Covent Garden Macbeth, Cross Purposes, The Old Ground Young, Henry and Emma Yes No Yes £189 2s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Cross Purposes, The Frolick, The Storm Yes No Yes £271 17s 56% N/A
10 May 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, Cross Purposes, The Frolick No No Yes £150 17s 6d 46% N/A
13 May 1774 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Cross Purposes, Double Hornpipe, The Pilgrim, The Recruits No No Yes £182 14s 35% N/A
04 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Cross Purposes, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1774 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, Cross Purposes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, Cross Purposes, Song of Guardian Angels, The Reel, Ellen Aroon No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1775 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Cross Purposes, The Frolick Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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