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 %
23 Feb 1796 Drury Lane First Love, Harlequin Captive No No No £290 5s 50% N/A
25 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Shepherdess Of Cheapside, The Pannel, Harlequin Captive No No No £259 12s 46% N/A
27 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin Captive No No No £324 14s 6d 54% N/A
29 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Harlequin Captive No No No £187 2s 44% N/A
01 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin Captive No No No £196 4s 49% N/A
12 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Iron Chest, Harlequin Captive No No No £471 9s 64% N/A
17 Mar 1796 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, Harlequin Captive No No No £249 18s 42% N/A
19 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Iron Chest, Harlequin Captive No No No £288 18s 6d 50% N/A
28 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Iron Chest, Harlequin Captive No No No £239 9s 43% N/A
29 Mar 1796 Covent Garden Speculation, Harlequin Captive No No No £202 5s 6d 52% N/A
29 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Iron Chest, Harlequin Captive No No No £185 14s 6d 48% N/A
04 Apr 1796 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Captive No No No £289 8s 6d 54% N/A
11 Apr 1796 Drury Lane Macbeth, Harlequin Captive No No No £347 3s 62% N/A
09 Nov 1796 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, Harlequin Captive or The Magick Fire No No No £318 4s 6d 55% N/A
11 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Harlequin Captive No No No £212 18s 6d 54% N/A
15 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The Conspiracy, Harlequin Captive No No No £237 10s 55% N/A
19 Nov 1796 Drury Lane Isabella, Harlequin Captive, Epithalamium No No No £205 1s 6d 48% N/A
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