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 %
31 May 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Purse or Benevolent Tar No No No £419 12s 84% N/A
15 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Purse No No No £489 8s 6d 100% N/A
24 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Purse No No No £413 9s 100% N/A
27 Jun 1799 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Purse No No No £416 100% N/A
19 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Purse or Benevolent Tar, The Scotch Ghost No No No £123 16s 49% N/A
29 Apr 1800 Drury Lane De Montfort, The Purse No No No £308 12s 6d 62% N/A
03 Nov 1800 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Purse No No No £535 6d 60% N/A
25 Nov 1801 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Purse No No No £236 14s 6d 47% N/A
10 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Purse, The Point of Honour, The Scotch Ghost, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £143 17s 6d 27% N/A
08 Jun 1803 Drury Lane All in the Wrong, The Purse, Black Knights No No Yes £125 4s 6d N/A N/A
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