The Knights (1754)

Author
Samuel Foote
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
£5,546 3s 6d £4,656 3s 6d (84%) £890 (16%)
1732 - 1809
£5,546 3s 6d - (100%) £4,656 3s 6d (84%) £890 (16%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
53 47 6
1732 - 1809
53 47 6
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Knights, Fingalian Dance, The Cries of London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1756 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Knights, Hornpipe, Fingalian Dance, Les Paisans Gallants Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Knights, Minuet No No Yes £330 N/A N/A
04 May 1757 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Knights, Hornpipe, The Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1758 Covent Garden Mariamne, The Knights, The Judgment of Paris, The Italian Peasants No Yes No £219 1s 6d 52% N/A
31 Jan 1758 Covent Garden Mariamne, The Knights, The Judgment of Paris, The Italian Peasants No No No £157 13s 6d 44% N/A
02 Feb 1758 Covent Garden Mariamne, The Knights, The Judgment of Paris, The Italian Peasants No No No £96 6s 35% N/A
04 Mar 1758 Covent Garden Mariamne, The Knights, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris Yes No No £153 14s 6d 43% N/A
11 Mar 1758 Covent Garden The Amorous Widow Or The Wanton Wife, The Knights, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris Yes No Yes £255 8s 6d N/A N/A
28 Mar 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Knights, Sicilian Peasants No No Yes £150 4s 6d 40% N/A
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