The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar (1794)

Author
John Cartwright Cross
Composer
William Reeve
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Drama/entertainment
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£5,174 12s 6d £0 (0%) £5,174 12s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£5,174 12s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £5,174 12s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
21 0 21
1732 - 1809
21 0 21
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
30 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Purse Or Benevolent Tar, The Suicide, My Grandmother No No No £198 7s 41% N/A
30 May 1796 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Follies of a Day, The Purse, Ally Croker, Listen to the Voice of Love No No Yes £142 15s 6d N/A N/A
08 Jun 1796 Drury Lane The Purse, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £337 6s 6d 100% N/A
16 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The Purse Or Benevolent Tar, The Children in the Wood, Lodoiska, The Scotch Ghost No No No £302 6s 6d 51% N/A
21 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The Purse, The Children in the Wood, Sylvester Daggerwood, Lodoiska No No No £209 15s 57% N/A
09 Mar 1797 Drury Lane Cape St Vincent, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Purse, Lodoiska, The Labyrinth No No No £160 5s 39% N/A
19 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The Will, The Purse, The Scotch Ghost No No No £413 4s 74% N/A
06 May 1797 Drury Lane The Purse, Fatal Curiosity, The Pannel No No No £221 8s 6d 64% N/A
27 May 1797 Drury Lane The Purse, The Country Girl, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Minor No No Yes £260 15s 6d 80% N/A
08 Jun 1797 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Purse, The Wandering Jew, Sweet Lillies of the Valley, Sally in Our Alley, The Sailor's Journal, The Town and Country No No Yes £584 7s 6d 75% N/A
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