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 %
01 May 1771 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Commissary, Concerto on harpsichord, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1771 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Commissary, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1771 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Commissary, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1771 Covent Garden The Clandestine Marriage, The Commissary, The Dutch Milkmaid No No No £186 4s 6d 100% N/A
30 Sep 1771 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Commissary, The Corsican Sailor's Punch House Yes No No £190 14s 100% N/A
09 Oct 1771 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, The Commissary, Comic Dance No No No £192 3s 43% N/A
16 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, The Commissary, The Lamplighter, Corsican Sailor's Punch House No Yes No £223 11s 59% N/A
01 Nov 1771 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Commissary, The Old Ground Young No No No £96 15s 37% N/A
09 Nov 1771 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Commissary, True Blue; or, The Press Gang No No No £129 13s 41% N/A
11 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Zobeide, The Commissary No No No £220 16s 62% N/A
15 Jan 1772 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Commissary, Comic Dance No No No £109 11s 6d 41% N/A
25 Sep 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Commissary, The Dutch Milkmaid, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £200 4s 100% N/A
30 Sep 1772 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Commissary, The Corsican Sailors, Corsican Sailor's Punch House No No No £235 9s 6d 100% N/A
13 Oct 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary, The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £166 5s 39% N/A
09 Nov 1772 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, The Commissary No No No £234 16s 63% N/A
23 Nov 1772 Covent Garden Elfrida, The Commissary, The Merry Sailors No No No £161 12s 65% N/A
22 Dec 1772 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Commissary, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £208 13s 49% N/A
06 Feb 1773 Covent Garden The Golden Pippin, The Commissary, The Venetian Gardeners, Rural Amusements No No No £229 14s 64% N/A
23 Feb 1773 Covent Garden Alzuma, The Commissary No No No £206 18s 6d 47% N/A
25 May 1773 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Commissary, Hornpipe, Concerto on harpsichord No No Yes £257 1s 6d 63% N/A
27 May 1773 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Commissary, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £282 16s 6d 53% N/A
22 Oct 1773 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer Or The Mistakes Of A Night, The Commissary No No No £123 13s 6d 34% N/A
05 Nov 1773 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Commissary Yes No No £122 6s 6d 47% N/A
11 Dec 1773 Covent Garden King Henry II Or The Fall Of Rosamond, The Commissary No No No £116 8s 32% N/A
18 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Commissary, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £216 5s 51% N/A
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