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 %
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
11 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, A Duke and no Duke, The Fingalian Dance No No No £41 2s 22% N/A
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