The Generous Impostor (1780)

Author
Thomas Lewis O'Beirne
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
£703 3s 6d £0 (0%) £703 3s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£703 3s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £703 3s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
6 0 6
1732 - 1809
6 0 6
Notes
Based on Philippe Néricault's [Destouches] 'Le Dissipateur; ou, L'Honnête Friponne' (1753)
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
22 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Padlock No No No £197 3s 6d 64% N/A
23 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, Comus, Pastoral Interlude of Singing and Dancing No No No £101 19s 31% N/A
24 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Critic No No Yes £100 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Quaker No No No £84 3s 36% N/A
05 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Elopement No No No £81 8s 6d 35% N/A
13 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Critic No No Yes £138 9s N/A N/A

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