Flora; or, Hob in the Well (1760)

Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£6,655 10s 3d £4,176 2s 3d (62.7%) £2,479 8s (37.3%)
1732 - 1809
£6,655 10s 3d - (100%) £4,176 2s 3d (62.7%) £2,479 8s (37.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
149 112 37
1732 - 1809
149 112 37
Notes
Adapted from Thomas Doggett's The Country Wake (1711) and John Hippisley's Flora; or, Hob's Opera (1729).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Flora, Tambourine, Fingalian, Saraband No No No £61 12s 100% N/A
20 Jan 1733 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Flora, Tambourine, Saraband, Sicilian No No No £44 1s N/A N/A
10 Apr 1733 Covent Garden Henry IV Part I, Flora, Comic Dance, Scottish Dance No No No £26 10s N/A N/A
12 Apr 1733 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, Flora, Tambourine, Mock Minuet, Scottish Dance Yes No Yes £162 17s N/A N/A
18 Apr 1733 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, Flora, Mock Minuet, Grand Dance in Momus, Scottish Dance No No Yes £167 5s N/A N/A
04 May 1733 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Flora, Scottish Dance, Chancon a Boire, Clown, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine No No Yes £175 2s N/A N/A
10 May 1733 Covent Garden The Committee, Flora, Peasant, Since Times Are So Bad, Footing Dance, Scottish Dance No No Yes £145 6s N/A N/A
15 May 1733 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, Flora, Tambourine, Fingalian, Mock Minuet No No Yes £66 19s N/A N/A
21 May 1733 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, Flora, Peasant, Musette, Scottish Dance No No Yes £106 1s N/A N/A
27 Sep 1733 Covent Garden The Busy Body, Flora, Swedish Dal Karle, Scottish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A