John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side (1803)

Author
George Colman, the younger
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£33,622 15s 9d £29,716 2s 3d (88.4%) £3,906 13s 6d (11.6%)
1732 - 1809
£33,622 15s 9d - (100%) £29,716 2s 3d (88.4%) £3,906 13s 6d (11.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
97 85 12
1732 - 1809
97 85 12
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Mar 1806 Covent Garden John Bull, We Fly by Night No No No £204 15s 46% N/A
26 Apr 1806 Covent Garden John Bull, We Fly By Night No No No £126 14s 6d 24% N/A
04 Jun 1806 Covent Garden John Bull, Mistake upon Mistake No No Yes £398 15s 32% N/A
15 Sep 1806 Covent Garden John Bull, The Miser No No No £315 13s 6d 100% N/A
06 Dec 1806 Covent Garden John Bull, Deserts of Arabia No No No £173 9s 6d 42% N/A
02 Apr 1807 Covent Garden John Bull, Mother Goose No No No £220 3s 6d 50% N/A
18 May 1807 Drury Lane John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire-Side, A Chapter on Pockets, The Sprig of Shillelagh and Shamrock So Green, The Death of General Abercrombie, The Bird-Duet, The Fair Circassian, My Grandmother No No Yes £525 16s 6d 39% N/A
05 Jun 1807 Drury Lane John Bull, The Fair Circassian, The Weathercock No No Yes £108 9s N/A N/A
18 Jun 1807 Covent Garden John Bull, The Padlock No No Yes £422 1s 6d 100% N/A
04 Nov 1807 Covent Garden John Bull; or an Englishman's Fireside, Harlequin and Mother Goose No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1807 Covent Garden John Bull; or an Englishman's Fire-side, The Blind Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jun 1808 Drury Lane John Bull, Tekeli No No Yes £609 11s 6d N/A N/A
21 Oct 1808 Covent Garden John Bull, The Portrait of Cervantes No No No £209 16s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1808 Drury Lane John Bull, Blue Beard No No No £353 7s 64% N/A
21 Nov 1808 Drury Lane John Bull, Blue Beard No No No £355 6s 6d 50% N/A
28 Nov 1808 Drury Lane John Bull, Blue Beard No No No £317 8s 6d 52% N/A
08 Dec 1808 Drury Lane John Bull, Blue Beard No No No £267 15s 6d 59% N/A
30 Dec 1808 Drury Lane John Bull, Robinson Crusoe No No No £328 4s 6d 63% N/A
10 Feb 1809 Drury Lane John Bull, Unconscious Counterfeit No No No £243 3s 52% N/A
11 Apr 1809 Drury Lane John Bull, Prize No No No £99 2s 34% N/A
20 Apr 1809 Covent Garden John Bull, Tom Thumb No No No £134 6d 45% N/A
16 May 1809 Drury Lane John Bull, Mrs Wiggins, Ella Rosenberg No No Yes £126 10s 62% N/A
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