The Poor Sailor; or, Little Ben and Little Bob (1795)

Author
John Bernard
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
£4,406 18s £4,406 18s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£4,406 18s - (100%) £4,406 18s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
19 19 0
1732 - 1809
19 19 0
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
28 Jan 1796 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, The Poor Sailor, Hornpipe No No No £206 5s 6d 37% N/A
04 Jun 1796 Covent Garden Lifes Vagaries, The Poor Sailor, Hornpipe, The Little Farthing Rushlight No No Yes £365 2s 6d 29% N/A
15 Dec 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Poor Sailor or Little Bob and Little Ben No No No £143 14s 6d 52% N/A
07 Mar 1797 Covent Garden Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are, Bantry Bay, The Poor Sailor No No No £213 11s 54% N/A
14 Mar 1797 Covent Garden Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are, Bantry Bay, The Poor Sailor No No No £181 15s 51% N/A
09 Feb 1798 Covent Garden England Preservd, The Poor Sailor or Little Bob and Little Ben, Triple Hornpipe, With a Jolly Full Bottle, Great Britain Still Her Charter Boasts, Queen Betty was a Famous Queen, The Wooden Walls, To Arms to Arms No No Yes £518 8s 52% N/A
24 May 1798 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, Cross Purposes, The Poor Sailor, British March No No Yes £127 5s 17% N/A
07 Dec 1799 Covent Garden The Wise Man Of The East, The Poor Sailor or Little Bob and Little Ben No No No £152 9s 6d 43% N/A
10 Jun 1801 Covent Garden The School for Prejudice, Poor Sailor, Alonzo and Imogine No No Yes £330 15s N/A N/A
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