The Adopted Child (1795)

Author
Samuel Birch
Composer
Thomas Attwood
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£8,352 14s 6d £2,241 17s (26.8%) £6,110 17s 6d (73.2%)
1732 - 1809
£8,352 14s 6d - (100%) £2,241 17s (26.8%) £6,110 17s 6d (73.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
28 7 21
1732 - 1809
28 7 21
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Adopted Child No No No £218 11s 6d 48% N/A
05 Jan 1796 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Adopted Child No No No £236 6s 44% N/A
07 Jan 1796 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Adopted Child No No No £228 16s 6d 48% N/A
15 Jan 1796 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Adopted Child No No No £298 3s 6d 61% N/A
28 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or George Barnwell, The Adopted Child, The Scotch Ghost No No No £503 17s 6d 61% N/A
03 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The Prisoner, The Pannel, The Adopted Child No No No £116 9s 6d 39% N/A
07 Nov 1797 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Adopted Child No No No £258 7s 44% N/A
05 Apr 1799 Drury Lane The Secret, The Adopted Child No No No £166 12s 49% N/A
14 May 1799 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Tars of Old England or Humours of Greenwich Fair, The Adopted Child, The Highland Lovers, The Tower Song, Del Caro's Hornpipe No No Yes £267 1s 6d 39% N/A
22 May 1799 Drury Lane The Castle Of Montval, The Adopted Child No No Yes £187 13s 6d N/A N/A
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