The Provocation (1790)

Author
James Byrn
Choreographer
James Byrn
Composer
William Shield
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
£2,583 10s £2,583 10s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£2,583 10s - (100%) £2,583 10s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
14 14 0
1732 - 1809
14 14 0
Notes
Ballet pantomime. Altered from Byrns's 'Nootka Sound' (1790) and later altered again as 'The Shipwreck; or, French Ingratitude' (1793).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
04 Oct 1790 Covent Garden Douglas, The Provocation No No No £207 8s 6d 50% N/A
05 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, Cross Purposes, The Provocation No No No £134 8s 6d 46% N/A
06 Oct 1790 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Provocation No No No £240 1s 100% N/A
08 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Provocation No No No £213 10s 6d 100% N/A
11 Oct 1790 Covent Garden King Lear, The Provocation No No No £218 4s 52% N/A
12 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Provocation No No No £146 16s N/A N/A
18 Oct 1790 Covent Garden King Richard The Third, The Provocation No No No £184 1s 6d 48% N/A
20 Oct 1790 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Provocation, The Irish Lilt, Dance of Forresters No No No £182 14s 6d 49% N/A
22 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, The Provocation No No No £193 10s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1790 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Provocation, Solemn Dirge No No No £200 7s 6d 51% N/A
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