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
£3,119 6s 6d £0 (0%) £3,119 6s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£3,119 6s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £3,119 6s 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 %
04 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Critic No No No £162 18s 6d 100% N/A
27 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Hurly Burly No No No £146 2s 38% N/A
24 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The First Floor No No No £169 7s 51% N/A
25 May 1787 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Irish Widow, La Soiree Provencalle, The Irish Fair No No Yes £262 19s 29% N/A
10 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Natural Son, No Song No Supper No No No £149 9s 6d 69% N/A
13 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Lodoiska No No No £206 10s 75% N/A
21 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Lodoiska No No No £158 17s 100% N/A
12 Feb 1795 Drury Lane The Natural Son, Alexander the Great or The Conquest of Persia No No No £504 3s 6d 74% N/A
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