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 %
27 Feb 1755 Covent Garden Earl Of Essex, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Lover His Own Rival No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1755 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, New Comic Dance No No No £100 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1755 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Fortunatus No No No £160 N/A N/A
18 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Chinese Festival No No No £200 N/A N/A
16 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Devil to Pay, Pantomime Dance No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
20 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance No No No £130 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1756 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe with Mr Garricks new Scene, New Sailors' Dance, Minuet, The Garlands No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
27 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Reprisal No No No £200 N/A N/A
29 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Millers Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
12 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Author, The Millers No No No £180 N/A N/A
14 May 1757 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Toyshop, Ellen A Roon, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £260 N/A N/A
17 May 1757 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £163 6s 6d 100% N/A
22 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £110 6s 35% N/A
16 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Italian Peasants No No No £89 8s 33% N/A
03 May 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, Comic Ballet No No Yes £255 14s N/A N/A
01 Jun 1758 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Lethe, The Prussian Sailors, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
29 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Lethe No No No £90 18s 100% N/A
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