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
£21,353 10s £20,497 3s (96%) £856 7s (4%)
1732 - 1809
£21,353 10s - (100%) £20,497 3s (96%) £856 7s (4%)
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 %
19 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, All the Worlds a Stage, The Poney Races No No Yes £106 19s 71% N/A
24 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Rival Knights, Barnaby Brittle No No Yes £254 7s 6d 81% N/A
31 May 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Harlequin Rambler, Old Thomas Day No No No £184 4s 100% N/A
12 Oct 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, St. Patrick's Day No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Tristram Shandy, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, St. Patrick's Day, Leap Year or A New Way of Wooing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Aerostation, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Lord Mayor's Day or A Flight from Lapland in an Air Balloon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1784 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Lying Valet, The Mountaineers, or The Woodland Sports No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1785 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Midas No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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