The Village Lawyer (1787)

Author
Anonymous/unknown
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£4,788 18s £2,742 18s 6d (57.3%) £2,045 19s 6d (42.7%)
1732 - 1809
£4,788 18s - (100%) £2,742 18s 6d (57.3%) £2,045 19s 6d (42.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
18 10 8
1732 - 1809
18 10 8
Notes
Based on David Augustin de Breuys's 'L'Avocat Patelin' (1706).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Oct 1795 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Village Lawyer No No No £324 10s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1795 Drury Lane First Love, The Village Lawyer No No No £363 12s 6d 100% N/A
28 Oct 1795 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Village Lawyer No No No £211 11s 55% N/A
04 Nov 1795 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Village Lawyer No No No £237 1s 64% N/A
11 Nov 1795 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Village Lawyer No No No £213 3s 6d 50% N/A
20 Nov 1795 Drury Lane King Lear, The Village Lawyer No No No £214 19s 6d 56% N/A
16 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Village Lawyer No No No £231 13s 6d 58% N/A
18 Apr 1799 Drury Lane Hamlet, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Village Lawyer No No Yes £640 5s 6d 39% N/A
11 Feb 1804 Covent Garden The English Fleet in 1342, The Village Lawyer No No No £212 18s 35% N/A
16 Feb 1804 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Village Lawyer No No No £248 8s 6d 34% N/A
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