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 %
10 Jun 1803 Covent Garden The Stranger, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £360 7s 6d 26% N/A
13 Oct 1803 Covent Garden The Stranger, Honest Thieves No No No £261 16s 56% N/A
20 Dec 1803 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog No No No £202 15s 6d 40% N/A
18 Jan 1804 Covent Garden The Stranger, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £276 1s 38% N/A
05 May 1804 Drury Lane The Stranger, Rosina No No No £104 5s 29% N/A
10 May 1804 Covent Garden The Stranger, Valentine and Orson No No Yes £256 17s 46% N/A
06 Jun 1804 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Devil to Pay, Robinson Crusoe, Lightly Tripping on the Green, Poor Kate Who Sells Sweet Briar No No Yes £92 6s 6d N/A N/A
06 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Devil to Pay; or, The Waves Metamorphosed No No No £190 12s 6d 40% N/A
19 Dec 1804 Drury Lane Stranger, The Devil to Pay No No No £142 4s 28% N/A
03 Jan 1805 Drury Lane Stranger, Old Harlequin's Fire-Side, The Irishman in London No No No £174 5s 6d 39% N/A
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