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
£13,891 6s 10d £13,891 6s 10d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£13,891 6s 10d - (100%) £13,891 6s 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 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Death of Captain Cook, Negro Dance No No No £269 3s 70% N/A
17 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Tender Husband, The Death of Captain Cook, Three Weeks after Marriage No No No £213 19s 68% N/A
18 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Marian, The Death of Captain Cook, The Little Hunchback No No No £182 17s 6d N/A N/A
22 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Rosina, The Death of Captain Cook, The Little Hunchback No No No £207 1s 53% N/A
23 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Farmer, The Child of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £234 11s 6d 49% N/A
25 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Death of Captain Cook, Negro Dance No No No £234 3s N/A N/A
27 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Prophet, The Death of Captain Cook, The Highland Reel No No No £216 4s 6d 48% N/A
01 May 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Death of Captain Cook, Negro Dance No No No £197 14s 6d 54% N/A
07 May 1789 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Death of Captain Cook, Fortune's Favor No No Yes £278 13s 6d 70% N/A
13 May 1789 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook, Marian No No No £122 2s 6d 65% N/A
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