Old City Manners (1775)

Author
Charlotte Lennox
Author
Ben Jonson
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£1,125 6s £0 (0%) £1,125 6s (100%)
1732 - 1809
£1,125 6s - (100%) £0 (0%) £1,125 6s (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
8 0 8
1732 - 1809
8 0 8
Notes
Adapted from Ben Jonson's 'Eastward Ho!' (1605).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
09 Nov 1775 Drury Lane Old City Manners, May Day, The Merry Peasants No No No £189 8s N/A N/A
11 Nov 1775 Drury Lane Old City Manners, Queen Mab No No No £152 12s N/A N/A
13 Nov 1775 Drury Lane Old City Manners, Queen Mab No No No £149 5s N/A N/A
15 Nov 1775 Drury Lane Old City Manners, Queen Mab, The Savage Hunters No No No £167 12s 6d N/A N/A
17 Nov 1775 Drury Lane Old City Manners, Queen Mab, The Savage Hunters No No No £98 12s 6d N/A N/A
27 Nov 1775 Drury Lane Old City Manners, The Deserter, The Merry Peasants No No Yes £84 N/A N/A
08 Jan 1776 Drury Lane Old City Manners, The Jubilee No No No £155 8s 6d N/A N/A
28 Dec 1776 Drury Lane Old City Manners, Selima and Azor No No No £128 7s 6d 33% N/A

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