The School Boy; or, The Comical Rivals (1702)

Author
Colley Cibber
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£3,487 4s £1,937 8s (55.6%) £1,549 16s (44.4%)
1732 - 1809
£3,487 4s - (100%) £1,937 8s (55.6%) £1,549 16s (44.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
92 68 24
1732 - 1809
92 68 24
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The School Boy, New Peasant Dance, Les Matelotes, New Comic Dance, Quarrelling Lovers Reconciled (new dance) No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The School Boy, Dutch Skipper, Grand Ballet, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The School Boy, Dutch Skipper, Les Jardiniers Suedois No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The School Boy, Sicilian Peasant, Italian Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1743 Drury Lane Comus, The School Boy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1743 Covent Garden The Fair Quaker Of Deal, The School Boy, The Happy Lovers, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1743 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, The School Boy, Les Boufons du Cour, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Miser, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Unhappy Favorite Or The Earl Of Essex, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The School Boy, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The School Boy, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1743 Drury Lane Aesop, The School Boy Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1743 Drury Lane Love For Love, The School Boy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The School Boy, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1743 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The School Boy, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1744 Drury Lane Oedipus King Of Thebes, The School Boy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1744 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Schoolboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1744 Drury Lane Mahomet, The School Boy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1745 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Schoolboy, Gondalier, Scotch Dance 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
14 May 1745 Covent Garden The City Wives Confederacy, The Schoolboy, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1745 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Schoolboy, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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