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 %
17 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Oracle, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Oracle Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Oracle, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Oracle, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Othello, The Oracle, Grand Comic Ballet, Concerto on harpsichord Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Oracle, Grand Comic Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1753 Covent Garden All For Love Or The World Well Lost, The Oracle, Il Pastore, Les Charboniers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1753 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Oracle, Il Pastore, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1753 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Oracle, Grand Ballet, L'Entree de Flore Yes No Yes £160 N/A N/A
29 Mar 1753 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Oracle, Grand Scots Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1753 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Oracle, Two Pierrots, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1753 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Oracle, Dance of Furies No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
10 May 1754 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Oracle, Mary Scot, Country Amusements, Hooly and Fairly Yes No Yes £206 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1755 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, The Oracle by Children, Pantomime Dance No No No £120 N/A N/A
20 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Oracle No No No £200 N/A N/A
30 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Oracle, Pantomime Dance Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
13 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Oracle No No No £180 N/A N/A
06 May 1756 Drury Lane Merope, The Oracle, Sailors Song, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
14 May 1756 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Oracle, Hornpipe No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
17 May 1756 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Oracle, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
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
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