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 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
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