The Commissary (1765)

Author
Samuel Foote
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£5,198 10s 6d £5,198 10s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£5,198 10s 6d - (100%) £5,198 10s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
45 45 0
1732 - 1809
45 45 0
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
04 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Tamerlane, The Commissary, The Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Commissary, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1777 Covent Garden Sir Thomas Overbury, The Commissary, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £146 15s 100% N/A
17 Oct 1777 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, The Humours of Leixlip, Hornpipe No No No £240 9s 54% N/A
02 May 1778 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, New Comic Dance, The Sailors Revel's at Portsmouth; or British Glory, Hornpipe, Tambourine Dance, The Cricket-Match No No Yes £199 16s 61% N/A
07 May 1778 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Commissary, The Poney Races No No Yes £201 11s 26% N/A
13 May 1778 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, True Blue, The Commissary, The Poney Races, The Cottage on The Lawn No No Yes £144 15s 17% N/A
20 May 1778 Covent Garden Love Finds The Way, The Commissary, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth No No Yes £290 14s 6d 15% N/A
02 Jan 1779 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Commissary No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1779 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Commissary No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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