The Positive Man (1782)

Author
John O'Keeffe
Composer
Michael Arne
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£6,880 17s £6,880 17s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£6,880 17s - (100%) £6,880 17s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
34 34 0
1732 - 1809
34 34 0
Notes
Altered from O'Keeffe's 'The She Gallant' (Smock Alley, 1767 and Haymarket, 1779).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
24 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Farmer, Comus, The Positive Man, Sweet Echo No No No £159 16s 6d 61% N/A
21 Feb 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Positive Man, Negro Dance No No No £196 9s 46% N/A
14 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Positive Man, Fortune's Favor No No No £210 9s 49% N/A
30 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Positive Man, Minuet No No No £202 8s 100% N/A
10 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Positive Man No No No £146 18s 6d 48% N/A
04 May 1790 Covent Garden The Clandestine Marriage, The Positive Man No No No £149 1s 6d 64% N/A
23 Feb 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Positive Man No No No £264 17s 46% N/A
06 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The World In A Village, The Positive Man, Dermot and Kathlane No No No £218 16s 6d 100% N/A
20 May 1796 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Positive Man, Imitations, The Beggar No No Yes £354 16s 6d N/A N/A
17 May 1797 Covent Garden Every One Has His Fault, The Rival Soldiers, The Positive Man, The Life of Poor Jack, Admiral Benbow, Arthur O'Bradley, Honesty in Tatters No No Yes £418 8s 6d 47% N/A
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