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 %
26 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Provocation No No No £154 15s 6d 36% N/A
27 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Provocation No No No £210 3s 44% N/A
01 Nov 1790 Covent Garden All For Love Or The World Well Lost, The Provocation No No No £128 14s 40% N/A
03 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Dramatist, The Provocation No No No £168 15s 50% N/A
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