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 %
29 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £166 4s N/A N/A
03 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, High Life Below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Enchanter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, High Life Below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Enchanter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Guardian No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Polly Honeycomb, The Enchanted Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Edgar and Emmeline No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1761 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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