The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier (1801)

Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Drama/entertainment
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£8,774 5s £8,774 5s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£8,774 5s - (100%) £8,774 5s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
36 36 0
1732 - 1809
36 36 0
Notes
Based on Luigi Cherubini's 'Les Deux Journées' (1800).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Oct 1801 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Escapes; or, the Water Carrier No No No £165 11s 64% N/A
16 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Lovers' Vows, The Escapes No No No £228 10s 100% N/A
19 Oct 1801 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £377 19s 6d 61% N/A
23 Oct 1801 Covent Garden A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £276 11s 100% N/A
24 Oct 1801 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £200 11s 6d 52% N/A
26 Oct 1801 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £422 6d 65% N/A
27 Oct 1801 Covent Garden The Poor Gentleman, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £174 18s 6d 54% N/A
28 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Othello, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £294 16s 6d 58% N/A
29 Oct 1801 Covent Garden Folly as it Flies, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £308 6s 62% N/A
02 Nov 1801 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £286 9s 6d 69% N/A