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 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Liar, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £219 17s 43% N/A
15 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Captive of Spilburg, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, New Hornpipe, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £304 16s 6d 53% N/A
21 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Captive of Spilburg, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, New Hornpipe, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £254 13s N/A N/A
23 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Captive of Spilburg, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, New Hornpipe, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £175 8s 38% N/A
28 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Spoiled Child, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £194 7s 6d 29% N/A
12 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Humourist, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, The Scotch Ghost, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £195 14s 35% N/A
07 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Stranger, Blue Beard, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £249 16s 57% N/A
23 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Stranger, Feudal Times, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £443 12s 68% N/A
30 Mar 1799 Drury Lane The Stranger, Bon Ton, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £245 15s 56% N/A
06 Apr 1799 Drury Lane The Stranger, My Grandmother, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £279 12s 6d 48% N/A
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