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 %
02 Mar 1756 Covent Garden King Lear, The School Boy, Les Statues Animees No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Fatal Marriage Or The Innocent Adultery, The School Boy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The School Boy No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1757 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Lass, Dutch Peasant, Dutch Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Feb 1758 Covent Garden Othello, The School Boy, Sicilian Peasants No No No £139 7s 6d 41% N/A
04 May 1758 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The School Boy, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, The Roast Beef of Old England Yes No Yes £168 N/A N/A
09 Dec 1758 Covent Garden Cleone, The School Boy, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £105 16s 36% N/A
16 Dec 1758 Covent Garden Cleone, The School Boy, The Fingalian Dance No No No £94 1s 32% N/A
02 Jan 1759 Covent Garden Hamlet, The School Boy, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £77 5s 29% N/A
26 Feb 1759 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The School Boy, The Threshers No No No £165 11s 46% N/A
22 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Irish Turf-Cutters No No No £161 12s 45% N/A
29 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £165 2s 62% N/A
14 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The School Boy, Country Dance, Hornpipe, New Comic Dance No No No £132 18s 49% N/A
11 May 1761 Covent Garden Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The School Boy, Hornpipe, The Provincial Sailors No No Yes £173 7s N/A N/A
26 Mar 1763 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The School Boy, The Camp Alarm'd No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Brothers, The School Boy, Bucks Have at ye All No No Yes £166 16s 43% N/A
30 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The School Boy, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes £291 3s N/A N/A
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