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 %
06 Nov 1804 Covent Garden The Blind Bargain; or, Hear Him Out, The Escapes No No No £288 1s 6d 60% N/A
29 Nov 1804 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire-Side, The Escapes No No No £189 16s 44% N/A
07 Dec 1804 Covent Garden The Blind Bargain; or, Hear Him Out, The Escapes No No No £156 18s 6d 58% N/A
23 Feb 1805 Covent Garden To Marry, or Not To Marry, The Escapes No No No £211 9s 26% N/A
04 Apr 1805 Covent Garden The School of Reform; or, How to Rule a Husband, The Escapes No No No £223 3s 27% N/A
28 May 1805 Covent Garden Laugh Where You Can, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No Yes No £332 7s 68% N/A
29 May 1805 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, an Opera Rehearsed, Out of Place, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier, Black-Eyed Susan, The Thorn No No Yes £255 42% N/A
15 Mar 1806 Covent Garden A Hint to Husbands, The Escapes No No No £210 15s 45% N/A
18 Apr 1806 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, The Escapes No No No £142 29% N/A
02 May 1806 Covent Garden Henry the Eighth, The Escapes No No No £217 13s 41% N/A