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
£9,965 2s £4,510 3s (45.3%) £5,454 19s (54.7%)
1732 - 1809
£9,965 2s - (100%) £4,510 3s (45.3%) £5,454 19s (54.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
58 26 32
1732 - 1809
58 26 32
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
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
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