The Roman Father (1750)

Author
William Whitehead
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
History
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
£10,758 16s £5,253 5s (48.8%) £5,505 11s (51.2%)
1732 - 1809
£10,758 16s - (100%) £5,253 5s (48.8%) £5,505 11s (51.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
59 27 32
1732 - 1809
59 27 32
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Thomas and Sally, The Dutch Milkmaid No No No £198 18s 6d N/A N/A
13 Feb 1768 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Oxonian in Town No No No £211 4s 6d N/A N/A
22 Feb 1768 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Royal Chace, The Merry Sailors No Yes No £230 16s N/A N/A
05 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Oxonian in Town, The Irish Lilt No No No £151 14s N/A N/A
03 Feb 1769 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £231 19s N/A N/A
14 Mar 1769 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Apprentice, Tambourine No No Yes £268 19s N/A N/A
11 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Englishman in Paris, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £164 12s N/A N/A
15 May 1769 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Oxonian in Town, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £248 3s N/A N/A
29 Mar 1770 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Apprentice, The Reel No No Yes £214 4s N/A N/A
08 Dec 1775 Covent Garden The Roman Father with Alterations, Orpheus and Eurydice No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1776 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Prometheus Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Roman Father, A Christmas Tale No No No £145 2s 6d 36% N/A
18 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Roman Father, The Elopement No No No £149 15s 46% N/A
21 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Roman Father, The Hotel or The Double Valet No No No £182 1s 54% N/A
01 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Roman Father, The Election, A Christmas Tale, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £174 14s 39% N/A
28 Oct 1777 Drury Lane The Roman Father, Selima and Azor No No No £234 9s 61% N/A
30 Oct 1777 Drury Lane The Roman Father, The Quaker, Rural Grace, Grand Triumphal Entry of Publius No No No £124 19s 51% N/A
10 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Invasion, La Soiree a la Mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Catherine and Petruchio, Roman Ovation No No No £337 18s 65% N/A
20 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Poor Soldier No No No £302 18s 6d 56% N/A
24 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Appearance is against Them No No No £284 12s 6d 68% N/A
08 Nov 1785 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Rosina, The Wapping Landlady No No No £258 6s 54% N/A
09 Dec 1785 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Tom Thumb No No No £134 2s 6d 42% N/A
09 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Omai No No No Unknown 50% N/A
17 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Roman Father, Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia No No No £189 2s 6d 55% N/A
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