A Tale of Mystery (1802)

Author
Thomas Holcroft
Composer
Thomas Busby
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Melodrama
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
£13,617 4s 6d £13,617 4s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£13,617 4s 6d - (100%) £13,617 4s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
51 51 0
1732 - 1809
51 51 0
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
22 May 1804 Covent Garden The Way to Pay Olds Debts, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £222 11s 6d 55% N/A
31 May 1804 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £302 15s 6d N/A N/A
18 Oct 1804 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, A Tale of Mystery, melo-drama in 2 acts No No No £135 16s 6d 32% N/A
20 Dec 1804 Covent Garden The Blind Bargain; or, Hear Him Out, A Tale of Mystery No No No £150 10s 43% N/A
05 Feb 1805 Covent Garden The Mountaineers, A Tale of Mystery No No No £523 10s 66% N/A
18 May 1805 Covent Garden Douglas, A Tale of Mystery No No No £503 4s 6d 77% N/A
03 Jun 1805 Covent Garden The Surrender of Calais, A Tale of Mystery No No No £126 3s 35% N/A
14 Dec 1805 Covent Garden The Merchant of Venice, A Tale of Mystery No No No £153 4s 6d 42% N/A
09 May 1806 Covent Garden Edgar; or, Caledonian Fields, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £421 3s 35% N/A
03 Dec 1806 Covent Garden Coriolanus, Tale of Mystery No No No £277 7s 47% N/A
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