The Witches; or, Harlequin Cherokee (1762)

Author
James Love
Composer
Walter Clagget
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Pantomime
Performance Medium
Dance
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
£6,814 9s £302 4s 6d (4.4%) £6,512 4s 6d (95.6%)
1732 - 1809
£6,814 9s - (100%) £302 4s 6d (4.4%) £6,512 4s 6d (95.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
106 2 104
1732 - 1809
106 2 104
Notes
Later revived by Garrick as 'The Witches; or, A Trip to Naples'.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Feb 1772 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Witches No No No £169 14s 54% N/A
20 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Witches No No No £211 1s 6d 55% N/A
25 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Witches No No No £133 17s 6d 45% N/A
03 Mar 1772 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Witches No No No £181 15s 6d 52% N/A
17 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Witches No No No £159 6s 58% N/A
27 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Committee, The Witches, A Description of a Man of War and Sea Fight, Linco's Travels, Cupid's Remonstrance to the Town, Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee No No Yes £169 2s 53% N/A
23 May 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Witches Yes No No £64 14s 77% N/A
03 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Witches or A Trip to Naples No No No £162 13s 6d 100% N/A
08 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Witches No No No £221 11s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1772 Drury Lane The Gamesters, The Witches No No No £121 9s 6d 55% N/A
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