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
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