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 %
13 Jan 1772 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Witches No No No £234 3s 50% N/A
15 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Witches No No No £158 6s 59% N/A
17 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Witches No No No £226 5s 57% N/A
03 Feb 1772 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Witches No No No £212 9s 51% N/A
06 Feb 1772 Drury Lane Timon, The Witches No No No £123 6d 43% N/A
06 Feb 1772 Covent Garden Zobeide, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £161 17s 57% N/A
07 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Witches Yes No No £166 17s 54% N/A
07 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £140 7s 6d 46% N/A
08 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Witches No No No £199 1s 62% N/A
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