Flora; or, Hob in the Well (1760)

Author
John Hippisley
Author
Thomas Doggett
Author
William Bates
Composer
William Bates
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
£10,765 4s 9d £7,796 9s 9d (72.4%) £2,968 15s (27.6%)
1732 - 1809
£10,765 4s 9d - (100%) £7,796 9s 9d (72.4%) £2,968 15s (27.6%)
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 %
04 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, Hob in the Well, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, Flora, Hornpipe, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Flora or the Country Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1752 Covent Garden Zara, Flora, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1753 Covent Garden Theodosius, Flora, Les Charboniers, Il Pastore No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1753 Covent Garden Hamlet, Flora, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1753 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Flora, Smiling Dawn, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1753 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, Flora or The Country Wake, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, Flora, Drunken Peasant, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1754 Covent Garden As You Like It, Flora No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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