Percy (1777)

Author
Hannah More
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£6,241 8s £4,404 17s (70.6%) £1,836 11s (29.4%)
1732 - 1809
£6,241 8s - (100%) £4,404 17s (70.6%) £1,836 11s (29.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
36 26 10
1732 - 1809
36 26 10
Notes
Based partly on Pierre de Belloy's 'Gabrielle de Vergy' (1770).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, St. Patrick's Day, The Shepherd's Wedding No No No £215 66% N/A
11 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, The Two Misers, La Soiree a la Mode No No No £182 10s 66% N/A
12 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No Yes £204 18s 6d 45% N/A
13 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No No £202 10s 64% N/A
16 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No No £204 17s 68% N/A
17 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No Yes £185 13s 40% N/A
18 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Comus No No No £146 9s 40% N/A
20 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Man and Wife, The Enchantress No No No £142 1s N/A N/A
22 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, Love a la Mode, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £198 3s 67% N/A
30 Dec 1777 Covent Garden Percy, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £212 3s 61% N/A
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