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 %
29 Apr 1775 Covent Garden As You Like It, Cross Purposes, New Comic Dance, The Enchantress, The Humours of Blackwall or The Indiaman Returned No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1775 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Cross Purposes, The Country Macaroni Assembly, Boadicea Queen of Britain, Minuet, The British Bacchanalian, or The Hop Pickers, The Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1775 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, Cross Purposes, The Pilgrim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Cross Purposes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, Cross Purposes, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, Cross Purposes, The Italian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Duenna, Cross Purposes, New Spanish Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1776 Covent Garden The Duenna, Cross Purposes, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1776 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Cross Purposes, Minuets, Cotillions, The Humours of the Newmarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1776 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Cross Purposes, The Humours of the Newmarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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