The Hypocrite (1768)

Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Author
Colley Cibber
Work Type
Mainpiece
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
£5,821 6s £1,515 18s (26%) £4,305 8s (74%)
1732 - 1809
£5,821 6s - (100%) £1,515 18s (26%) £4,305 8s (74%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
59 17 42
1732 - 1809
59 17 42
Notes
Based on Colley Cibber's 'The Non-Juror' (1717), itself inspired by Molière's 'Tartuffe' (1664).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
09 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Midas No No No £112 11s 6d 42% N/A
12 Oct 1773 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Midas No No No £88 2s 38% N/A
06 Oct 1774 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Meeting of the Company, The Elopement Yes No No £174 13s 6d 100% N/A
27 Mar 1775 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, Bon Ton Yes No Yes £287 9s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Jubilee No No No £240 9s 6d N/A N/A
18 Oct 1776 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, A Christmas Tale No No No £241 14s 100% N/A
15 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No No £98 12s 6d 39% N/A
11 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Critic No No No £173 2s 6d 48% N/A
03 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Critic No No No £186 8s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Critic No No No £185 15s 6d 40% N/A
31 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, Robinson Crusoe No No No £265 3s 53% N/A
16 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, Robinson Crusoe No No No £174 10s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, A Fete, Bon Ton No No Yes £241 7s 6d 53% N/A
04 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, Robinson Crusoe, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £174 14s 100% N/A
06 Oct 1784 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Musical Lady, The Rival Nympbs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1784 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Positive Man, The Belle of the Village, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1784 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Poor Soldier, The Charms of a Camp No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1784 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Positive Man, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Tom Thumb, The Belle of the Village No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Poor Soldier, Leap Year No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1785 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Magic Cavern No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Nunnery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1785 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Appearance is against Them No No No £141 18s 6d 41% N/A
17 Dec 1785 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Three Weeks After Marriage, The Wapping Landlady No No No £253 6s 61% N/A
27 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Omai No No No £175 6s 45% N/A
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