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 %
18 Nov 1766 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £191 7s 60% N/A
26 Oct 1767 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1768 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, Fortunatus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1770 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Midas, Comic Dance, The Countryman Metamorphosed Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, True Blue or The Press Gang, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Midas Yes No No £211 19s 100% N/A
17 Oct 1771 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, Mother Shipton Yes No No £107 12s 31% N/A
13 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Fairy Prince No No No £230 19s 6d 48% N/A
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