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 %
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
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