The Honest Thieves; or, The Faithful Irishman (1797)

Author
Thomas Knight
Composer
William Reeve
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£11,210 8s 10d £10,760 12s 10d (96%) £449 16s (4%)
1732 - 1809
£11,210 8s 10d - (100%) £10,760 12s 10d (96%) £449 16s (4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
36 34 2
1732 - 1809
36 34 2
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
13 Mar 1798 Covent Garden Rose And Colin, He's Much To Blame, The Honest Thieves No No No £142 14s 31% N/A
15 Mar 1798 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Honest Thieves, Masquerade Dance, Queen Bess No Yes No £372 1s 6d 46% N/A
18 Apr 1798 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, The Rival Soldiers, The Honest Thieves No No Yes £296 39% N/A
09 May 1798 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, Forecastle Fun, The Honest Thieves, Black Ey'd Susan, Admiral Benbow, Four and Twenty Fidlers, Old Towler, Yard Arm Yes No Yes £425 4s 35% N/A
23 May 1798 Covent Garden The Widow Of Malabar, Reformed in Time, The Honest Thieves, Old Towler, Black Ey'd Susan Yes No Yes £370 18s 36% N/A
25 Jan 1799 Covent Garden The Votary Of Wealth, The Honest Thieves No No No £212 4s 6d 37% N/A
03 Jun 1799 Covent Garden A Cure For The Heart Ache, The Tars of Old England Regaling after a Victory [i.e. The Vanguard], The Honest Thieves, The Tight Little Island, Black Ey'd Susan No No Yes £505 9s 6d 17% N/A
25 Oct 1799 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, The Honest Thieves No No No £251 2s 6d 100% N/A
10 May 1800 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Honest Thieves, The Soldier's Festival, Black Ey'd Susan, The Bull and Boat; or, Law! Law! Law!, The Snug Little Island, Whims & Fancies; or, Patches from Harlequin's Jacket No No Yes £206 15s 30% N/A
22 Oct 1800 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Honest Thieves No No No £228 12s 50% N/A
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