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 %
02 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Knights No No No £83 17s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1758 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Knights No No No £72 6s 6d 28% N/A
12 Dec 1758 Covent Garden Cleone, The Knights, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £113 7s 38% N/A
14 May 1759 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Knights, The Threshers No No Yes £141 N/A N/A
15 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Irish Turf-Cutters Yes No No £196 13s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £132 18s 57% N/A
26 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £115 18s 42% N/A
08 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £148 11s 48% N/A
16 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £102 3s 42% N/A
17 Jan 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Country Dance No No No £167 8s N/A N/A
12 Feb 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, Hornpipe, Country Dance, The Plowman Yes No No £161 12s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Knights No Yes No £115 18s 6d N/A N/A
11 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, The Colliers, The Pedlar Tricked Yes No No £114 16s N/A N/A
26 Nov 1760 Covent Garden The Minor, The Knights, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £90 2s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Knights, The Colliers, Les Charboniers No No No £130 3s 6d N/A N/A
20 Dec 1760 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Knights, Les Charboniers, New Rural Dance No No Yes £123 3s N/A N/A
21 Jan 1761 Covent Garden Comus, The Knights, The Mad Doctor, The Cow Keepers No No No £110 18s 6d N/A N/A
26 Sep 1761 Covent Garden Comus, The Knights No No No £153 17s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jan 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Knights, The Taylors, The French Country Gentleman No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1763 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Knights, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Knights, The French Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1764 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Knights, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1764 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Knights, Hornpipe, The Knife Grinders No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1764 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Knights, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Knights, The Garland Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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