The Heir at Law (1797)

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
£5,147 15s 6d £4,220 4s (82%) £927 11s 6d (18%)
1732 - 1809
£5,147 15s 6d - (100%) £4,220 4s (82%) £927 11s 6d (18%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
24 19 5
1732 - 1809
24 19 5
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
08 Dec 1802 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, A Tale of Mystery No No No £221 1s 6d 50% N/A
09 May 1803 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, The Review, Paddy's Description of Pizarro No No Yes £583 10s 6d 45% N/A
29 Oct 1803 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, A Tale of Mystery No No No £188 9s 55% N/A
03 Jan 1805 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, Harlequin Quicksilver; or, The Gnome and the Devil No No No £270 14s 61% N/A
16 Jan 1806 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, Harlequin's Magnet; or, The Scandinavian Sorcerer No No No £234 18s 6d 36% N/A
15 May 1806 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, We Fly by Night No No Yes £383 2s 6d 65% N/A
29 Apr 1807 Covent Garden The Hair at Law, Mother Goose No No No £252 17s 6d 59% N/A
14 Nov 1807 Covent Garden Heir at Law, The Turnpike Gate No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1808 Drury Lane The Heir at Law, The Minor No No Yes £663 17s N/A N/A
26 May 1808 Drury Lane The Heir at Law, Caractacus, Scotch Song No No Yes £472 1s N/A N/A