The Stranger (1798)

Author
Benjamin Thompson
Author
August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Drama/entertainment
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
£24,221 7s £3,851 13s (15.9%) £20,369 14s (84.1%)
1732 - 1809
£24,221 7s - (100%) £3,851 13s (15.9%) £20,369 14s (84.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
78 12 66
1732 - 1809
78 12 66
Notes
Translated from August von Kotzebue's Menschenhass und Reue.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
08 May 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Pannel No No No £202 14s 6d 51% N/A
12 May 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Citizen No No No £206 18s 66% N/A
15 May 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, Sylvester Daggerwood, Blue Beard No No Yes £522 9s 6d 69% N/A
17 May 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, Blue Beard No No No £266 70% N/A
22 May 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, Blue Beard No No No £296 18s 82% N/A
25 May 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, Blue Beard No No No £299 4s 6d 80% N/A
15 Sep 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Citizen No No Yes £571 15s N/A N/A
29 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Outlaws, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £293 12s 6d 46% N/A
31 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Outlaws, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee No No No £261 5s 6d 45% N/A
03 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Shipwreck, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £346 10s 100% N/A
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