The Natural Son (1784)

Author
Richard Cumberland
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£2,883 2s 6d £0 (0%) £2,883 2s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£2,883 2s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £2,883 2s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
18 0 18
1732 - 1809
18 0 18
Notes
Altered and reduced to 4 acts by the author in 1794.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
22 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £175 19s 6d N/A N/A
23 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Padlock No No No £106 14s N/A N/A
29 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Deserter No No Yes £147 15s N/A N/A
30 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Harlequin Junior No No No £105 6s 6d N/A N/A
31 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £128 17s 6d N/A N/A
01 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Harlequin Junior No No Yes £61 15s N/A N/A
28 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Caldron No No No £142 2s 6d N/A N/A
17 Feb 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Liberty Hall No No No £182 5s 6d N/A N/A
28 Feb 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Liberty Hall No No Yes £162 10s N/A N/A
10 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Critic, Comic Dance No No No £145 14s 6d N/A N/A
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