The Iron Chest (1796)

Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Melodrama
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£4,772 7s £1,902 17s 6d (39.9%) £2,869 9s 6d (60.1%)
1732 - 1809
£4,772 7s - (100%) £1,902 17s 6d (39.9%) £2,869 9s 6d (60.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
16 7 9
1732 - 1809
16 7 9
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
12 Nov 1806 Drury Lane The Iron Chest, My Grandmother No No No £141 9s 6d 34% N/A
25 Apr 1807 Drury Lane The Iron Chest, The Wood Daemon; or "The Clock has Struck!" No No No £232 6d 44% N/A
04 Jan 1809 Covent Garden Iron Chest, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £156 36% N/A
10 Jan 1809 Covent Garden The Iron Chest, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No £178 4s 33% N/A
16 Mar 1809 Covent Garden The Iron Chest, Is He a Prince No No No £179 9s 25% N/A
28 Apr 1809 Covent Garden The Iron Chest, The Blind Boy No No No £138 9s 45% N/A