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 %
05 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Cross Purposes, The Provocation No No No £134 8s 6d 46% N/A
09 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, Cross Purposes No No No £317 7s 59% N/A
19 Sep 1792 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, Cross Purposes No No No £124 17s 6d 87% N/A
08 Jan 1796 Covent Garden Cross Purposes, Fontainville Forest, Merry Sherwood No No No £217 6d 47% N/A
20 Jan 1796 Covent Garden Cross Purposes, The Days of Yore, Merry Sherwood No No No £216 1s 28% N/A
23 Feb 1797 Covent Garden A Cure For The Heart Ache, Bantry Bay, Cross Purposes No No No £214 6d 65% N/A
29 Apr 1797 Covent Garden The Tatlers, Cross Purposes, Netley Abbey No No Yes £290 11s 6d 40% N/A
23 May 1797 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, Diamond Cut Diamond or Venetian Revels, Cross Purposes, Ma Chere Amie, Grand Serenade, Madrigal, The Storm No No Yes £287 3s 44% N/A
24 May 1798 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, Cross Purposes, The Poor Sailor, British March No No Yes £127 5s 17% N/A
31 Oct 1798 Covent Garden Lovers' Vows, Cross Purposes, The Mouth of the Nile No No No £321 6d 55% N/A
Download Export