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 %
13 Feb 1796 Drury Lane Isabella, Harlequin Captive, Epithalamium No No No £387 18s 52% N/A
15 Feb 1796 Drury Lane Mary Queen Of Scots, Harlequin Captive No No No £394 10s 51% N/A
16 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Confederacy, Harlequin Captive No No No £243 12s 45% N/A
18 Feb 1796 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, Harlequin Captive No No No £351 10s 6d 47% N/A
22 Feb 1796 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, Harlequin Captive No No No £332 2s 6d 49% N/A
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
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