The Death of Captain Cook (1789)

Author
Sir George Collier
Author
Jean-François Arnould-Mussot
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
£12,488 5s 10d £12,488 5s 10d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£12,488 5s 10d - (100%) £12,488 5s 10d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
65 65 0
1732 - 1809
65 65 0
Notes
Ballet pantomime. Adapted from Jean Francois Mussot's 'La Mort du Capitaine Cook à son Troisième Voyage au Noveau Monde' (1788?).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
16 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, The Death of Captain Cook, The Poor Soldier No No No £257 16s 6d 62% N/A
17 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook, Rosina No No No £233 18s 6d N/A N/A
19 Mar 1789 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Death of Captain Cook, Three Weeks after Marriage No No No £261 10s 60% N/A
21 Mar 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Death of Captain Cook, Negro Dance No No No £299 5s 55% N/A
23 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, The Death of Captain Cook, Marian No No No £238 19s 6d 58% N/A
24 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Miser, The Death of Captain Cook, The Prophet No No No £203 9s 44% N/A
26 Mar 1789 Covent Garden The Midnight Hour, The Death of Captain Cook, The Farmer No No No £232 16s 56% N/A
30 Mar 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Death of Captain Cook, Negro Dance No No No £277 6s 60% N/A
02 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Sultan, The Death of Captain Cook, Rosina, Grand Dance, Les Jalousies du Serail, Admete Yes No Yes £269 2s N/A N/A
13 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Death Of Captain Cook, The Pharo Table, Aladin No No No £212 16s 56% N/A
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