The Lie of the Day; or, A Party at Hampton Court (1796)

Author
John O'Keeffe
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£1,832 11s £1,832 11s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£1,832 11s - (100%) £1,832 11s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
12 12 0
1732 - 1809
12 12 0
Notes
Altered from O'Keeffe's "The Toy" (1788).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Mar 1796 Covent Garden The Lie Of The Day Or A Party At Hampton Court, Catharine and Petruchio, Harlequin's Treasure No No Yes £384 18s 50% N/A
30 Mar 1796 Covent Garden Live Lumber Or Unburied Dead, The Lie of the Day, The Way to Get Un Married, Hartford Bridge, The Lucky Escape No No Yes £424 50% N/A
02 Apr 1796 Covent Garden The Lie Of The Day, Lock and Key, Harlequin's Treasure No No No £273 1s 6d 33% N/A
07 Apr 1796 Covent Garden The Lie Of The Day, Lock and Key, Harlequin's Treasure No No No £162 8s 6d 49% N/A
24 May 1796 Covent Garden The Earl Of Warwick And Margaret Of Anjou, The Lie of the Day, Sprigs of Laurel, The Waiter, Admiral Benbow, Mad Bess, Master Thedy Shemus O'Shaughnessey O'Finnegin Delaney's History of Himself, The Sportman's Snug Little Cot No No Yes £313 16s 33% N/A
13 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The Raft, The Lie of the Day or A Party at Hampton Court, Harlequin's Return No No No £125 1s 29% N/A
26 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The Lie Of The Day, The Raft, Harlequin's Return No Yes No £302 11s 46% N/A
31 May 1799 Covent Garden The Lie Of The Day Or A Party At Hampton Court, Lock and Key, The Midnight Hour, The Death of Admiral Benbow, Old Towler, The Snug Little Island No No Yes £304 15s 6d 16% N/A
12 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The Lie Of The Day, Three Weeks after Marriage, Paul and Virginia, Evening the Storm, Imitations No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jun 1801 Covent Garden Paul and Virginia, The Lie of the Day, Raymond and Agnes No No Yes £405 N/A N/A
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