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
£5,448 15s 6d £3,011 18s 6d (55.3%) £2,436 17s (44.7%)
1732 - 1809
£5,448 15s 6d - (100%) £3,011 18s 6d (55.3%) £2,436 17s (44.7%)
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 %
03 May 1804 Covent Garden Inkle and Yarico, The Village Lawyer, The Death of Captain Cook No No Yes £535 1s 6d 66% N/A
23 Oct 1804 Covent Garden The English Fleet in 1342, The Village Lawyer No No No £310 13s 62% N/A
29 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Village Lawyer No No No £490 14s 6d 60% N/A
08 Nov 1805 Covent Garden Wild Oats, The Village Lawyer, Nelson's Glory, a loyal musical impromptu No No No £208 17s 6d 63% N/A
12 Apr 1806 Covent Garden The White Plume, The Village Lawyer No No No £183 3s 6d 28% N/A
10 May 1806 Covent Garden Pizarro, The Village Lawyer No No No £229 8s 44% N/A
03 Nov 1806 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Village Lawyer No No No £361 6s 59% N/A
16 Nov 1808 Covent Garden The Exile, The Village Lawyer No No No £231 8s 55% N/A
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