A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal (1767)

Author
David Garrick
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£6,138 18s 6d £1,310 3s (21.3%) £4,828 15s 6d (78.7%)
1732 - 1809
£6,138 18s 6d - (100%) £1,310 3s (21.3%) £4,828 15s 6d (78.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
74 4 70
1732 - 1809
74 4 70
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Mar 1773 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, A Peep behind the Curtain, Comic Dance, The Wishing Cap No No Yes £162 19s 6d 34% N/A
06 May 1773 Drury Lane Philaster, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £130 19s 6d 33% N/A
15 May 1773 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, A Peep behind the Curtain, A Dissertation upon Macaronies No No Yes £230 8s 6d 46% N/A
17 Mar 1774 Drury Lane As You Like It, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Irish Fair No No Yes £213 9s 38% N/A
23 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, A Peep behind the Curtain, Lincos Travels Yes No Yes £121 13s 6d 45% N/A
02 May 1774 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £175 12s 30% N/A
14 May 1774 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £133 12s 46% N/A
02 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Braganza, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £237 1s 6d N/A N/A
20 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Medea, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Azure God No No Yes £280 6d N/A N/A
30 Mar 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Favourite Tambourine Dance, Grand Provencalle Dance No No Yes £270 10s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1775 Drury Lane The Earl Of Warwick, A Peep behind the Curtain, Grand Provencalle Dance, Hippisley's Drunken Man No No Yes £133 4s N/A N/A
04 May 1775 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Irish Fair Yes No Yes £159 13s 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1775 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Lilliputian Camp No No Yes £166 16s 6d N/A N/A
14 Mar 1776 Drury Lane Cyrus, A Peep behind the Curtain, Comic Paraphrase on Shakespeare's Seven Ages, The Irish Fair No No Yes £134 19s N/A N/A
03 May 1776 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, A Peep behind the Curtain, Grand Chaconne No No Yes £25 17s 6d N/A N/A
21 Dec 1778 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No £157 13s N/A N/A
23 Mar 1779 Drury Lane Cymon, A Peep behind the Curtain, Dance of Cupids, Dance of Daemons No No Yes £217 1s 6d N/A N/A
25 Mar 1779 Drury Lane Medea, A Monody, A Peep behind the Curtain, Azure God No No Yes £238 13s 6d N/A N/A
07 Apr 1779 Drury Lane Macbeth, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £188 10s 6d N/A N/A
16 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £203 19s 6d N/A N/A
27 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Rosina, A Peep behind the Curtain No No Yes £346 6d 51% N/A
31 Mar 1792 Covent Garden Fashionable Levities, A Peep behind the Curtain or The New Rehearsal, Robin Hood No No Yes £347 5s 6d 39% N/A
05 Apr 1800 Covent Garden How To Grow Rich, A Peep behind the Curtain or An Opera Rehearsal, The Hermione or Valour's Triumph No No Yes £361 17s 36% N/A
29 May 1805 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, an Opera Rehearsed, Out of Place, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier, Black-Eyed Susan, The Thorn No No Yes £255 42% N/A
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