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 %
07 Jan 1779 Covent Garden Percy, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1782 Covent Garden Percy, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £133 1s 6d 63% N/A
10 Dec 1785 Covent Garden Percy, Appearance is against Them No No No £203 16s 6d N/A N/A
12 Dec 1785 Covent Garden Percy, The Poor Soldier No No No £153 14s 6d 42% N/A
21 Dec 1785 Covent Garden Percy, Omai No No No £256 5s 56% N/A
25 Mar 1786 Drury Lane Percy, The Lyar, The Lucky Return No No No £205 4s 6d 45% N/A
01 Apr 1786 Drury Lane Percy No No No £200 16s 6d 52% N/A
06 May 1786 Drury Lane Percy, The Critic No No No £218 12s 6d N/A N/A
20 May 1786 Drury Lane Percy, Who's the Dupe No No No £154 7s 6d 67% N/A
19 Oct 1786 Drury Lane Percy, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £158 13s 6d 37% N/A
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