Know Your Own Mind (1777)

Author
Arthur Murphy
Author
Philippe Néricault Destouches
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
£11,008 14s £5,030 15s (45.7%) £5,977 19s (54.3%)
1732 - 1809
£11,008 14s - (100%) £5,030 15s (45.7%) £5,977 19s (54.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
61 31 30
1732 - 1809
61 31 30
Notes
Based on 'L'Irrésolu' (1713) by Philippe Nericault, dit Destouches.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Jan 1793 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £126 6d 30% N/A
09 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, Lodoiska No No No £220 4s 6d 56% N/A
19 Jan 1796 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, Harlequin Captive No No No £405 6d 62% N/A
29 Dec 1796 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, Robinson Crusoe No No No £165 16s 48% N/A
15 Feb 1797 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, A Friend in Need, The Scotch Ghost No No No £187 1s 6d 40% N/A
16 Mar 1797 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, Cape St Vincent, The Scotch Ghost No No No £165 5s 30% N/A
11 May 1798 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, Sylvester Daggerwood, Don Juan or The Libertine Destroyed, Pas Seul No No Yes £318 11s 6d 74% N/A
26 Nov 1801 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity No No No £147 4s 6d 24% N/A
17 May 1805 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Scotch Ghost, Rosina, Tam Glen No No Yes £345 15s 27% N/A
16 Dec 1806 Drury Lane Know your own Mind, Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz No No No £179 3s 58% N/A
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