Robin Hood; or, Sherwood Forest (1784) (1784)

Author
Leonard Macnally
Author
Edward Lysaght
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£18,014 4s 6d £17,682 17s (98.2%) £331 7s 6d (1.8%)
1732 - 1809
£18,014 4s 6d - (100%) £17,682 17s (98.2%) £331 7s 6d (1.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
102 100 2
1732 - 1809
102 100 2
Notes
First performed as a mainpiece in 1784, performed as an afterpiece in 1789.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood Or Sherwood Forest, Harlequin Rambler No No No £206 4s 45% N/A
19 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Harlequin Rambler No No No £241 3s 68% N/A
20 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Retaliation No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, St. Patrick's Day, The Rival Nymphs No No No £229 16s 80% N/A
03 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Harlequin Rambler No No No £222 15s 78% N/A
05 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Commissary, Rural Merriment, Caledonian Reel No No Yes £262 9s 6d 43% N/A
12 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Three Weeks after Marriage, Adelaide de Brabant No No Yes £176 3s 6d 67% N/A
13 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Deuce is in Him, Adelaide de Brabant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Harlequin Rambler, Old Thomas Day No Yes No £279 19s 88% N/A
Download Export