Ellen a Roon ()

Work Type
N/A
Genre
Song
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
£3,100 5s 6d £1,154 10s (37.2%) £1,945 15s 6d (62.8%)
1732 - 1809
£3,100 5s 6d - (100%) £1,154 10s (37.2%) £1,945 15s 6d (62.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
27 16 11
1732 - 1809
27 16 11
Notes
Many variant spellings used for this song's name in eighteenth-century London, but "Ellen a Roon" seems to have been the most common in a theatrical context. The song remains popular in the twenty-first century and is typically now rendered "Eibhlín a Rún" or "Eileen Aroon".
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Apr 1772 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Ailen Aroon, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £124 4s 6d 46% N/A
05 May 1772 Covent Garden Twelfth Night, The Country Madcap, True Blue, Ailen Aroon, Minuet Yes No Yes £138 12s 6d 68% N/A
15 May 1772 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Country Madcap, Ailen Aroon, Minuet, Tambourine No No Yes £164 19s 6d 61% N/A
25 May 1772 Covent Garden Cato, The Englishman in Paris, Ailen Aroon, The Old Ground Young Yes No Yes £189 17s 6d 54% N/A
23 Dec 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, Cross Purposes, Song of Guardian Angels, The Reel, Ellen Aroon No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, Comus, The Original Crutch Dance, Ellen A Roon, Push About the Jorum No No Yes £290 4s 6d 67% N/A
18 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Padlock, Masquerade scene with Dancing, Ellen A Roon, Minuet No No Yes £147 15s 6d 49% N/A
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