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
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