The Magic Cavern; or, Virtue's Triumph (1784)

Author
Frederick Pilon
Author
Ralph Wewitzer
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Pantomime
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£754 16s 6d £754 16s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£754 16s 6d - (100%) £754 16s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
40 40 0
1732 - 1809
40 40 0
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Magic Cavern, Masquerade Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Magic Cavern, Masquerade Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1785 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Magic Cavern, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1785 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1785 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Magic Cavern, Solemn Dirge No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Fashionable Levities, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Magic Cavern or Virtues Triumph No No No £206 4s 6d 73% N/A
21 Oct 1785 Covent Garden Robin Hood Or Sherwood Forest, The Magic Cavern No No No £173 6s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Magic Cavern No No No £222 8s 6d 65% N/A
05 Nov 1785 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Magic Cavern No No No £152 17s 6d 40% N/A
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