The Discovery (1763)

Author
Frances Sheridan
Work Type
Mainpiece
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
£4,341 6s £739 16s (17%) £3,601 10s (83%)
1732 - 1809
£4,341 6s - (100%) £739 16s (17%) £3,601 10s (83%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
35 3 32
1732 - 1809
35 3 32
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
15 Feb 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, High Life below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, Edgar and Emmeline, The Irish Lilt Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Beggar's Wedding No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, Catharine and Petruchio No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, Polly Honeycomb, Dryden's Ode (on the Power of Music) Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Discovery, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Lottery, The Gardeners No No No £273 1s N/A N/A
22 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Discovery, May Day No No No £279 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Padlock No No No £283 6s 6d N/A N/A
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