Mahomet the Impostor (1744)

Author
James Miller
Author
Voltaire
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£3,868 17s £1,796 5s 6d (46.4%) £2,072 11s 6d (53.6%)
1732 - 1809
£3,868 17s - (100%) £1,796 5s 6d (46.4%) £2,072 11s 6d (53.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
39 12 27
1732 - 1809
39 12 27
Notes
Adapted from Voltaire's 'Mahomet' (1736).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Jan 1779 Drury Lane Mahomet, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £183 16s N/A N/A
28 May 1779 Drury Lane Mahomet, The Rival Candidates No No Yes £273 4s 6d 100% N/A
08 Nov 1779 Drury Lane Mahomet, The Critic No No No £194 10s 64% N/A
16 Nov 1779 Drury Lane Mahomet, The Camp No No No £76 14s 6d 44% N/A
04 Apr 1786 Covent Garden Mahomet, The Two Misers, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £228 12s 56% N/A
04 Dec 1786 Covent Garden Mahomet, Omai No No No £189 6s 51% N/A
27 Apr 1795 Drury Lane Mahomet The Impostor, Edgar and Emmeline No No Yes £569 16s 43% N/A
13 Oct 1796 Covent Garden Mahomet, The Wicklow Mountains No No No £200 5s 6d 37% N/A
18 Oct 1796 Covent Garden Mahomet, Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia No No No £116 7s 33% N/A
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