Portrait of Cervantes, or the Plotting Lovers (1808)

Author
Robert William Elliston
Author
Michel Dieulafoy
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£3,802 15s £3,802 15s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£3,802 15s - (100%) £3,802 15s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
13 13 0
1732 - 1809
13 13 0
Notes
Based on Michel Dieulafoy's "La Portrait du Cervantes" (1802). Elliston used a pseudonym 'Greffulhe'.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Jan 1809 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Portrait of Cervantes No No No £267 3s 6d 43% N/A
25 Mar 1809 Covent Garden The Exile, The Portrait of Cervantes No No No £230 4s 6d 100% N/A
11 May 1809 Covent Garden The Exile, The Portrait of Cervantes No No Yes £324 4s 53% N/A
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