Don Sebastian, King of Portugal (1689)

Author
John Dryden
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
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
£1,050 8s 6d £470 8s 6d (44.8%) £580 (55.2%)
1732 - 1809
£1,050 8s 6d - (100%) £470 8s 6d (44.8%) £580 (55.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
24 19 5
1732 - 1809
24 19 5
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
12 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian King Of Portugal No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Royal Chace, To Arms, Britons Strike Home Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Lottery, New Serious Dance, Grand Ballet, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian King Of Portugal No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1745 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1745 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Devil to Pay, The Charms of Polly Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1745 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Schoolboy, Mad Bess, The Charms of Polly Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1746 Covent Garden Don Sebastian Prince Of Portugal, Duke and no Duke No No No £78 3s 6d 63% N/A
14 Jan 1747 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Royal Chace, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No No £99 18s 6d 56% N/A
11 Jan 1749 Covent Garden Don Sebastian King Of Portugal No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1749 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Lying Valet, The Drunken Peasant Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1750 Covent Garden Don Sebastian King Of Portugal, Miss in Her Teens, Dutch Dance, Grand Scots Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £87 1s 46% N/A
07 Dec 1752 Drury Lane Don Sebastian King Of Portugal, The Double Disappointment No No No £70 N/A N/A
11 Dec 1752 Drury Lane Don Sebastian, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Le Matelot Basque, Dutch Dance, L'Entree de Flore No No No £80 N/A N/A
06 Jan 1753 Drury Lane Don Sebastian, The Genii No No No £140 N/A N/A
10 Jan 1753 Drury Lane Don Sebastian, The Genii Yes No No £150 N/A N/A
25 Jan 1753 Drury Lane Don Sebastian, The Genii No No No £140 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1774 Covent Garden Don Sebastian King Of Portugal, The Upholsterer, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £144 6s 6d 57% N/A
16 May 1774 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Dragon of Wantly, Minuet No No Yes £170 16s 6d 57% N/A
26 May 1794 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The New Divertisement, The Shipwreck or French Ingratitude, Solo on union pipes, Duetto on the union pipes and harp No No Yes £293 2s 6d 26% N/A

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