Harlequin Captive; or, The Magic Fire (1796)

Author
William Linley
Author
William Linley
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Pantomime
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
£13,884 13s 6d £202 5s 6d (1.5%) £13,682 8s (98.5%)
1732 - 1809
£13,884 13s 6d - (100%) £202 5s 6d (1.5%) £13,682 8s (98.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
42 1 41
1732 - 1809
42 1 41
Notes
Also attributed to Cordal Powell, librarian to the Prince of Wales.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Jan 1796 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, Harlequin Captive No No No £302 19s 6d 60% N/A
01 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Fugitive, Harlequin Captive No Yes No £692 1s 62% N/A
02 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Man Of Ten Thousand, Harlequin Captive No No No £303 4s 6d 61% N/A
03 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Country Girl, Harlequin Captive No No No £328 16s 51% N/A
04 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Man Of Ten Thousand, Harlequin Captive No No No £290 10s 6d 50% N/A
05 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Gamester, Harlequin Captive No No No £319 5s 54% N/A
06 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Man Of Ten Thousand, Harlequin Captive No No No £271 12s 6d 54% N/A
08 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Harlequin Captive No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Man Of Ten Thousand, Harlequin Captive No No No £281 8s 6d 44% N/A
11 Feb 1796 Drury Lane No Song No Supper, The Child of Nature, Harlequin Captive No No No £369 10s 6d 49% N/A
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