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The Earl of Essex (1753) (1753)

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History

Spoken Drama

Based on John Banks's 1682 play The Unhappy Favourite.

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

1732

1809

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
15 Oct 1760	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Skeleton, The Pedlar Tricked	No	No	No	£79 19s	N/A	N/A
22 Oct 1760	Covent Garden	Earl Of Essex, The Rape of Proserpine	No	No	No	£141 6d	N/A	N/A
29 Dec 1760	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, The Rape of Proserpine	No	No	No	£166 4s	N/A	N/A
27 Oct 1761	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, The Fair	No	No	No	£80 3s 6d	N/A	N/A
30 Nov 1762	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Sorcerer	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
27 Dec 1763	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Sorcerer	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
14 Jan 1764	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, Perseus and Andromeda or the Cheats of Harlequin	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
10 Dec 1765	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, The Royal Chace	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
18 Nov 1766	Covent Garden	The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Dr Faustus	No	No	No	£191 7s	60%	N/A
24 Apr 1770	Covent Garden	The Unhappy Favorite Or The Earl Of Essex, The Cheats of Scapin, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe	No	No	Yes	£160 16s	N/A	N/A

Performances

Commands

Covent Garden

The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Skeleton, The Pedlar Tricked