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 %
29 Sep 1787 Drury Lane Percy, The Irish Widow, The Capricious Lovers, The Irish Fair No No No £189 6d 100% N/A
04 Oct 1787 Drury Lane Percy, Comus No No No £143 11s 6d 100% N/A
27 Nov 1787 Drury Lane Percy, The Distress'd Baronet No No No £81 4s 6d 25% N/A
03 Jan 1788 Drury Lane Percy, Harlequin Junior No No No £191 18s 52% N/A
12 Oct 1797 Covent Garden Percy, Raymond and Agnes, Spanish Fandango No No No £130 9s 32% N/A
06 Oct 1807 Drury Lane Percy, The Poor Soldier No No No £293 2s 100% N/A
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