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 %
23 Dec 1772 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Cross Purposes, The Bird Catchers No No No £150 19s 6d 36% N/A
13 Jan 1773 Covent Garden Elfrida, Cross Purposes, New Occasional Prelude No No No £213 8s 6d 53% N/A
15 Jan 1773 Covent Garden Elfrida, Cross Purposes, The Bird Catchers No No No £184 12s 6d 52% N/A
02 Feb 1773 Covent Garden Elfrida, Cross Purposes, The Bird Catchers No No No £183 1s 6d 46% N/A
25 Feb 1773 Covent Garden Elfrida, Cross Purposes No No No £162 19s 48% N/A
06 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Alzuma, Cross Purposes No No No £196 19s 50% N/A
23 Mar 1773 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, Cross Purposes, The Cries of London No No Yes £220 15s 57% N/A
08 Oct 1773 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, Cross Purposes Yes No No £81 2s 6d 31% N/A
13 Oct 1773 Covent Garden Love In A Village, Cross Purposes, The Irish Lilt, Corsican Sailor's Punch House, The Corsican Sailors No Yes No £220 2s 67% N/A
23 Nov 1773 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, Cross Purposes, The Highland Reel No No No £102 11s 6d N/A N/A
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