The People - Charles Dibdin

Gender
Man
Start
04 Mar 1745 (bap.)
End
25 Jul 1814 (d.)
Country of Birth
England
Locality
Southampton
Bio
BD Vol. 4: 358-76
Links

Works (89 Results)

Title Year Type Role
Damon and Phillida 1729 Afterpiece Composer
The Shepherd's Artifice 1764 Afterpiece Author
The Padlock 1768 Afterpiece Composer
Lionel and Clarissa; or, A School for Fathers 1768 Mainpiece Composer
The Jubilee 1769 Afterpiece Composer
The Captive 1769 Afterpiece Composer
The Ephesian Matron; or, The Widow's Tears 1769 Afterpiece Composer
The Recruiting Serjeant 1770 Afterpiece Composer
The Institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Round Table Restored 1771 Afterpiece Composer
He Would if He Could; or, An Old Fool Worse than Any 1771 Mainpiece Composer
The Pigmy Revels; or, Harlequin Foundling 1772 Afterpiece Composer
The Wedding Ring 1773 Afterpiece Author
The Deserter 1773 Afterpiece Composer
A Christmas Tale 1773 Mainpiece Composer
The Deserter 1773 Afterpiece Author
The Wedding Ring 1773 Afterpiece Composer
The Cobbler; or, A Wife of Ten Thousand 1774 Afterpiece Author
The Waterman; or, The First of August 1774 Afterpiece Author
The Cobbler; or, A Wife of Ten Thousand 1774 Afterpiece Composer
The Waterman; or, The First of August 1774 Afterpiece Composer
The Two Misers; or, The Mufti's Ghost 1775 Afterpiece Composer
The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio 1775 Afterpiece Composer
The Quaker 1775 Afterpiece Author
The Quaker 1775 Afterpiece Composer
The Seraglio 1776 Afterpiece Author
The Seraglio 1776 Afterpiece Composer
Poor Vulcan! 1778 Afterpiece Author
The Wives Revenged 1778 Afterpiece Author
Rose and Colin 1778 Afterpiece Author
Annette and Lubin 1778 Afterpiece Author
The Medley; or, Harlequin At All 1778 Afterpiece Composer
Poor Vulcan! 1778 Afterpiece Composer
Rose and Colin 1778 Afterpiece Composer
The Wives Revenged 1778 Afterpiece Composer
Annette and Lubin 1778 Afterpiece Composer
The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller 1779 Afterpiece Author
The Chelsea-Pensioner 1779 Afterpiece Author
Plymouth in an Uproar 1779 Afterpiece Composer
The Mirror; or, Harlequin Everywhere 1779 Afterpiece Author
The Chelsea-Pensioner 1779 Afterpiece Composer
The Mirror; or, Harlequin Everywhere 1779 Afterpiece Composer
The Shepherdess of the Alps 1780 Mainpiece Author
The Islanders 1780 Mainpiece Author
The Islanders 1780 Mainpiece Composer
The Shepherdess of the Alps 1780 Mainpiece Composer
Harlequin Free-Mason 1781 Afterpiece Composer
The Marriage Act 1781 Afterpiece Author
The Marriage Act 1781 Afterpiece Composer
Jupiter and Alcmena 1781 Mainpiece Author
Liberty Hall; or, The Test of Good Fellowship 1785 Afterpiece Author
Liberty Hall; or, The Test of Good Fellowship 1785 Afterpiece Composer
The Romp 1786 Afterpiece Composer
A Divertisement 1790 Afterpiece Composer
A Cure for a Coxcomb; or, The Beau Bedeviled 1792 Afterpiece Author
A Loyal Effusion 1794 Afterpiece Author
A Loyal Effusion 1794 Afterpiece Composer
Hannah Hewit; or, The Female Crusoe 1798 Afterpiece Author
Hannah Hewit; or, The Female Crusoe 1798 Afterpiece Composer
The Last Shilling 1799 N/A Composer
The Broken Gold 1806 Afterpiece Author
The Broken Gold 1806 Afterpiece Composer
Blow High, Blow Low N/A N/A Composer
The Advantage of Toping N/A N/A Composer
The High Mettled Racer N/A N/A Composer
Jacky and the Cow N/A N/A Composer
The Lucky Escape, Or The Ploughboy's Return from Sea N/A N/A Composer
My Poll and My Partner Joe N/A N/A Composer
The Life of Poor Jack N/A N/A Composer
Poor Orra Tink on Yanco Dear N/A N/A Composer
The Sailor's Journal N/A N/A Composer
The Waggoners N/A N/A Composer
Wapping Old Stairs N/A N/A Composer
The Bells of Aberdovey N/A N/A Composer
Poor Jack!; Or, the Sweet Little Cherub N/A N/A Composer
The Race Horse N/A N/A Composer
The Waggoner N/A N/A Composer
The Lamp Lighter N/A N/A Composer
I That Once was a Ploughman a Sailor Am Now N/A N/A Composer
Wives and Sweethearts N/A N/A Composer
The Greenwich Pensioner N/A N/A Composer
Britons Strike Home N/A N/A Composer
The Town Crier N/A N/A Composer
The Siege of Troy N/A N/A Composer
The Sailors Consolation N/A N/A Composer
Queen Mab, Or the Fairies Jubilee N/A N/A Composer
Lovely Nan N/A N/A Composer
Jack At the Windlass N/A N/A Composer
Honesty in Tatters N/A N/A Composer
Come Ye Who From Your Souls N/A N/A Composer

Activities (6 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor, Musician, Singer
Drury Lane Actor, Musician, Singer

Benefits (Author) (3 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
13 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride The Deserter £185 2s 6d Unknown £185 2s 6d £84 Unknown
20 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Shepherdess of the Alps The Apprentice, The Embarkment for Cytherea Unknown Unknown Unknown £105 Unknown
03 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage Liberty Hall; or, The Test of Good Fellowship £154 17s Unknown £154 17s £105 Unknown

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (15 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
17 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Wit Without Money Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades, The Waggoners £22 15s 6d £179 5s £202 6d N/A 1321 T
13 May 1762 Covent Garden The Confederacy The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed, Pierrots, The Taylors Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
07 May 1763 Covent Garden The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed, Comic Dance, La Provencale Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
21 May 1764 Covent Garden Macbeth The Shepherd's Artifice Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
13 May 1765 Covent Garden Othello The Shepherd's Artifice, Medley Hornpipe, Rural Love Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
30 Apr 1766 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour Midas, Medley Hornpipe, Sicilian Peasants Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
07 May 1767 Covent Garden The Busy Body Thomas and Sally; or, The Sailor's Return, Rural Love, Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe £73 1s £108 18s £181 19s £63 738 Sh
24 May 1768 Covent Garden The Maid of the Mill The Citizen, Hornpipe £47 9s 6d £39 14s £87 3s 6d £63 256
11 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer The Padlock, The Wake Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
25 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage The Padlock, Comic Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
12 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Way of the World He Would if He Could; or, An Old Fool Worse than Any, Comic Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
01 May 1772 Drury Lane Twelfth Night The Padlock, Catches and Glees, The Sailors Revels at Portsmouth; or British Glory £78 4s £57 9s £135 13s £68 Unknown
14 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The Double Dealer The Wedding Ring, The Surprize £77 3s 6d £57 6s £134 9s 6d £64 Unknown
05 Apr 1774 Drury Lane Cymbeline The Deserter, The Mountaineers £74 19s £109 10s £184 9s £68 Unknown
18 Apr 1775 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker of Deal; or, The Humours of the Navy The Deserter £55 2s 6d £45 2s £100 4s 6d £69 Unknown
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