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
£13,464 16s 3d £10,594 18s 3d (78.7%) £2,869 18s (21.3%)
1732 - 1809
£13,464 16s 3d - (100%) £10,594 18s 3d (78.7%) £2,869 18s (21.3%)
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 %
20 Mar 1779 Covent Garden A New Prelude And Prologue, Calypso, Cross Purposes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1779 Covent Garden The Duenna, Cross Purposes, The Sports of the Green No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1779 Covent Garden The Duenna, Cross Purposes, The Dockyard No No No £203 6d 100% N/A
22 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Cross Purposes No No No £213 19s 61% N/A
02 Nov 1782 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, Cross Purposes No No No £166 2s 6d 65% N/A
28 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Mysterious Husband, Cross Purposes, The Belle of the Village No No No £275 9s 50% N/A
10 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Rival Knights, Cross Purposes No No No £197 7s 100% N/A
23 Jan 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rival Knights, Cross Purposes No No No £301 12s 6d 67% N/A
17 Sep 1784 Covent Garden As You Like It, Cross Purposes, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1789 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, Cross Purposes No No No £214 2s 6d 60% N/A
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
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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