The Grumbler (1773)

Author
Oliver Goldsmith
Author
Sir Charles Sedley
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
£523 5s 6d £73 5s 6d (14%) £450 (86%)
1732 - 1809
£523 5s 6d - (100%) £73 5s 6d (14%) £450 (86%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
4 1 3
1732 - 1809
4 1 3
Notes
Adapted from Charles Sedley's translation (1702) of David Augustin Brueys and Jean Palaprat's Le Grandeur (1691)
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
30 Apr 1754 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Grumbler, Masquerade Dance No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
02 May 1754 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Grumbler, The Return, Country Amusements, Minuet No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
07 May 1754 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Grumbler, The School of Anacreon, Country Amusements, Hornpipe, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
08 May 1773 Covent Garden King Lear, The Grumbler, The Whim No No Yes £153 6s 6d 63% N/A

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