The Irishman in London; or, The Happy African (1792)

Author
William Macready
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£21,822 8s £12,665 8s 6d (58%) £9,156 19s 6d (42%)
1732 - 1809
£21,822 8s - (100%) £12,665 8s 6d (58%) £9,156 19s 6d (42%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
74 45 29
1732 - 1809
74 45 29
Notes
Based partly on The Intriguing Footman (anon).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Jun 1794 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Irishman In London, Dermot and Kathlane No No Yes £305 10s 6d 17% N/A
21 Oct 1794 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Irishman in London No No No £121 2s 27% N/A
02 Feb 1795 Covent Garden The Mysteries Of The Castle, The Irishman in London No No No £208 15s 54% N/A
16 May 1795 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, Englands Glory or The British Tars at Spithead, The Irishman in London, Sally in Our Alley, Black Ey'd Susan No No Yes £270 6s 34% N/A
23 Sep 1795 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Irishman in London No No No £206 14s 6d 100% N/A
11 Dec 1795 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Irishman in London No No No £113 18s 36% N/A
05 Apr 1796 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship or An Escape from France, The Irishman in London, I was Called Knowing Joey, At Dawn Of Life Our Vows Were Plighted, Fa La La, Old Towler, The Land of Potatoes, The Turbaned Turk Who Scorns The World, When Foaming Waves Contrary Beat No No Yes £466 4s 51% N/A
30 May 1796 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Irishman in London, Highland Festivity No No Yes £226 4s 6d N/A N/A
21 Oct 1796 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Irishman in London No No No £243 18s 6d 100% N/A
28 Nov 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Irishman in London No No No £316 14s 6d 39% N/A
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