The Earl of Essex (1753) (1753)

Author
Henry Jones
Author
John Banks
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
History
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
£10,211 13s £8,181 13s (80.1%) £2,030 (19.9%)
1732 - 1809
£10,211 13s - (100%) £8,181 13s (80.1%) £2,030 (19.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
97 84 13
1732 - 1809
97 84 13
Notes
Based on John Banks's 1682 play The Unhappy Favourite.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
24 May 1792 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Farmer, Pastoral Dance, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £358 5s 6d 35% N/A
24 Sep 1792 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex Or The Unhappy Favorite, The Poor Soldier No No No £249 17s 100% N/A
31 Dec 1792 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin's Museum, Burlesque Pas des Russe, Hornpipe No No No £239 10s 42% N/A
30 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex Or The Unhappy Favorite, Harlequin And Faustus No No No £370 19s 100% N/A
27 May 1795 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, True Blue or The Parting Lovers, Netley Abbey, Hornpipe, Wives and Sweethearts, The Young Widow, Rule Britannia, The Days We Now Possess, The Storm, The Wand'ring Sailor, When Gen'rous Wine, Ye Gentlemen of England No No Yes £287 3s 33% N/A
23 Dec 1799 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex Or The Unhappy Favorite, The Volcano or The Rival Harlequins No No No £366 7s 47% N/A
19 May 1801 Covent Garden The Earl of Essex; or, The Unhappy Favourite, The Follies of a Day, The Soldier's Festival; or, A Night before the Battle No No Yes £311 18s 6d 37% N/A
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