The Oracle (1752)

Author
Susannah Cibber
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£3,301 14s £0 (0%) £3,301 14s (100%)
1732 - 1809
£3,301 14s - (100%) £0 (0%) £3,301 14s (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
31 12 19
1732 - 1809
31 12 19
Notes
LS states that it was 'taken from the French'.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Sep 1756 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, The Oracle No No No £140 100% N/A
06 May 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Oracle, A Cento on the Birthday of Shakespeare selected from his own Works, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
12 May 1758 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Oracle, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £270 N/A N/A
16 May 1758 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Oracle, Hornpipe No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
18 May 1758 Drury Lane The Fair Quaker Of Deal, The Oracle, Hornpipe No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
22 Jun 1758 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Oracle, The Prussian Sailors, The Faggot Binders No No Yes £102 N/A N/A
07 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Oracle No No No £169 18s 6d 65% N/A
02 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Oracle Yes No No £174 14s 6d N/A N/A
01 Mar 1759 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Oracle, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £189 1s 42% N/A
26 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Oracle, The Sicilian Peasants, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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