The Earl of Essex (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
£7,267 11s 6d £4,855 4s 6d (66.8%) £2,412 7s (33.2%)
1732 - 1809
£7,267 11s 6d - (100%) £4,855 4s 6d (66.8%) £2,412 7s (33.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
106 74 32
1732 - 1809
106 74 32
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 %
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
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