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
£6,328 3s £4,491 12s (71%) £1,836 11s (29%)
1732 - 1809
£6,328 3s - (100%) £4,491 12s (71%) £1,836 11s (29%)
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 %
01 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Percy, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £156 16s 49% N/A
07 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Percy, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £265 3s 48% N/A
10 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Percy, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £183 1s 58% N/A
17 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Percy, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £208 48% N/A
26 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Percy, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £201 6s 47% N/A
04 Feb 1778 Covent Garden Percy, Poor Vulcan No No No £232 5s 6d 59% N/A
07 Feb 1778 Covent Garden Percy, Poor Vulcan No No No £180 8s 6d 60% N/A
21 Feb 1778 Covent Garden Percy, Poor Vulcan No No No £132 12s 46% N/A
28 Mar 1778 Covent Garden Percy, Three Weeks after Marriage, All in the Downs or Farewell to Deal No No Yes £160 9s 34% N/A
17 Dec 1778 Covent Garden Percy, Poor Vulcan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
Download Export