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 %
12 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Giant Defeated Or The Reward Of Valour, The Child of Nature, The Death of Captain Cook, Poor Thomas Day No No Yes £276 5s 63% N/A
18 Jun 1789 Covent Garden The Death Of Captain Cook, Inkle and Yarico, Don Juan, Negro Dance No No No £156 16s 6d 100% N/A
21 Sep 1789 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Death of Captain Cook, Solemn Dirge No No No £229 19s 6d 100% N/A
23 Sep 1789 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £199 6s 6d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1789 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £175 1s 50% N/A
12 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £219 1s 6d 49% N/A
17 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £162 19s 6d 40% N/A
26 Oct 1789 Covent Garden Othello, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £216 7s 52% N/A
03 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Death of Captain Cook, Negro Dance No No No £189 18s 6d 55% N/A
10 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Marcella, Rosina, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £201 17s 55% N/A
21 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Marian, The Follies of a Day, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £214 2s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Prophet, The Follies of a Day, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £195 11s 6d 47% N/A
07 Dec 1789 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Death of Captain Cook, Solemn Dirge No No No £167 6s 50% N/A
12 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £224 17s 4d 52% N/A
18 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £140 18s 44% N/A
23 Feb 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Death of Captain Cook, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £213 2s 54% N/A
04 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Death of Captain Cook, The Little Hunchback No No No £240 15s 50% N/A
09 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Death of Captain Cook, The Little Hunchback No No No £201 19s 6d 58% N/A
15 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Death of Captain Cook, The Farmer No No No £260 12s 59% N/A
05 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Death Of Captain Cook, The Highland Reel, Harlequin's Chaplet No No No £145 19s 48% N/A
26 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Count Of Narbonne, The Death of Captain Cook, Love and War No No No £131 15s 41% N/A
25 May 1790 Covent Garden The Crusade, The Death of Captain Cook, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £224 5s 6d 82% N/A
06 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Female Pursuit Or Stop Her Who Can, The Fugitive, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £122 5s 6d 39% N/A
10 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Dramatist, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £197 4s 6d 42% N/A
16 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The German Hotel, Annette and Lubin, The Death of Captain Cook Yes No No £274 1s 58% N/A
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