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 %
13 Nov 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery No No No £356 10s 6d 59% N/A
15 Nov 1802 Covent Garden The Man of the World, A Tale of Mystery, melodrama in 2 acts No No No £365 9s 6d 52% N/A
16 Nov 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery, melodrama in 2 acts No No No £341 17s 6d 59% N/A
18 Nov 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery, melodrama in 2 acts No No No £344 10s 57% N/A
20 Nov 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery, melodrama in 2 acts No No No £331 17s 49% N/A
22 Nov 1802 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, A Tale of Mystery No No No £299 5s 6d 47% N/A
23 Nov 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery, melodrama in 2 acts No No No £284 18s 6d 62% N/A
25 Nov 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery No No No £522 16s 63% N/A
26 Nov 1802 Covent Garden A New Way to Pay Old Debts, A Tale of Mystery No No No £221 53% N/A
29 Nov 1802 Covent Garden The Man of the World, A Tale of Mystery No No No £349 1s 6d 57% N/A
30 Nov 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery No No No £358 7s 6d 57% N/A
02 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery No No No £304 4s 6d 61% N/A
03 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Every Man in his Humour, A Tale of Mystery No No No £211 19s 52% N/A
06 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Macbeth, A Tale of Mystery No No No £286 17s 50% N/A
08 Dec 1802 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, A Tale of Mystery No No No £221 1s 6d 50% N/A
09 Dec 1802 Covent Garden The Cabinet, A Tale of Mystery No No No £231 13s 6d 57% N/A
11 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery No No No £303 12s 6d 57% N/A
13 Dec 1802 Covent Garden The Man of the World, A Tale of Mystery No No No £315 16s 6d 53% N/A
15 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery Yes No No £244 15s 6d 49% N/A
17 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery No No No £249 12s 59% N/A
22 Dec 1802 Covent Garden The Man of the World, A Tale of Mystery No No No £248 9s 6d 59% N/A
23 Dec 1802 Covent Garden Cato, A Tale of Mystery No No No £239 3s 57% N/A
01 Feb 1803 Covent Garden Family Quarrels, A Tale of Mystery No No No £270 18s N/A N/A
03 Feb 1803 Covent Garden Family Quarrels, A Tale of Mystery No No No £236 12s 6d 52% N/A
05 Feb 1803 Covent Garden Family Quarrels, A Tale of Mystery No No No £274 16s 55% N/A
10 Feb 1803 Covent Garden Delays and Blunders, A Tale of Mystery No No No £215 7s 55% N/A
17 Feb 1803 Covent Garden Family Quarrels, A Tale of Mystery No No No £321 2s 6d 66% N/A
24 Feb 1803 Covent Garden The Man of the World, A Tale of Mystery No No No £307 16s 6d 46% N/A
22 Apr 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, A Tale of Mystery No No No £396 12s 68% N/A
23 Apr 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, A Tale of Mystery No No No £380 9s 59% N/A
25 Apr 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, A Tale of Mystery No No No £438 17s 60% N/A
04 May 1803 Covent Garden The Harper's Daughter, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £509 5s 42% N/A
14 May 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire-Side, A Tale of Mystery No No No £392 1s 65% N/A
21 May 1803 Covent Garden John Bull, A Tale of Mystery No No No £336 1s 6d 55% N/A
03 Jun 1803 Covent Garden King John, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £292 16s 50% N/A
10 Jun 1803 Covent Garden The Stranger, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £360 7s 6d 26% N/A
11 Jun 1803 Covent Garden Family Quarrels, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £534 6s N/A N/A
17 Jun 1803 Covent Garden Wild Oats, A Tale of Mystery No No Yes £381 3s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1803 Covent Garden King Henry the Fifth; or, The Conquest of France, A Tale of Mystery No No No £274 66% N/A
29 Oct 1803 Covent Garden The Heir at Law, A Tale of Mystery No No No £188 9s 55% N/A
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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