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 %
26 Jan 1788 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Midnight Hour No No No £245 6s 70% N/A
02 Feb 1788 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Midnight Hour No No No £191 16s 6d 52% N/A
26 Feb 1788 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Midnight Hour No No No £235 9s 58% N/A
15 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Omai No No No £170 7s 6d 43% N/A
13 May 1788 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Animal Magnetism No No No £124 6s 35% N/A
21 Oct 1788 Covent Garden Robin Hood Or Sherwood Forest, The Midnight Hour, The Piping Pedlar No No No £182 18s 47% N/A
27 Nov 1788 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Animal Magnetism No No No £150 7s 70% N/A
07 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Aladin, A Sparring Match No No No £241 1s 74% N/A
24 Jan 1789 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Aladin No No No £146 4s 38% N/A
21 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Catch Club, The Mayor of Garratt No No Yes £312 1s 61% N/A
02 Jun 1789 Covent Garden Robin Hood, Perseverance or The Third Time the Best No No Yes £213 17s 83% N/A
28 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Robin Hood Or Sherwood Forest, The Little Hunchback No No No £170 1s 6d 55% N/A
28 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Robin Hood, The Follies of a Day, Thomas and Sally No No No £212 14s 6d 47% N/A
15 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Clandestine Marriage, Robin Hood No No No £227 10s 6d 59% N/A
23 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, Robin Hood, The Piping Pedlar No No No £216 6s 58% N/A
13 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Robin Hood No No No £165 4s 100% N/A
12 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The German Hotel, Robin Hood Yes No No £201 17s 6d 56% N/A
18 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The German Hotel, Robin Hood No No Yes £144 16s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1790 Covent Garden Rose And Colin, The German Hotel, Robin Hood No No No £145 14s 6d 33% N/A
12 Feb 1791 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Robin Hood No No No £205 1s 6d 41% N/A
07 Apr 1791 Covent Garden Lorenzo, Robin Hood No No No £192 2s 43% N/A
07 May 1791 Covent Garden Lorenzo, Robin Hood, The Jockies No No Yes £114 13s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1791 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, Robin Hood, The Jockies No No Yes £335 1s 46% N/A
02 Jun 1791 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, Robin Hood No No Yes £376 12s 6d 19% N/A
28 Sep 1791 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Robin Hood No No No £148 8s 6d 100% N/A
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