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 %
17 Oct 1787 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia No No No £225 14s 100% N/A
18 Dec 1787 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, The Poor Soldier No No No £151 7s 6d 50% N/A
08 Jan 1789 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Aladin No No No £194 13s 55% N/A
05 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Hypocrite, Love in a Camp No No No £172 19s 6d 61% N/A
02 Dec 1789 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £132 6s 6d 25% N/A
04 Jun 1790 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Apprentice, The Elopement; or, Marriage a la Mode No No Yes £272 12s 13% N/A
23 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, Lodoiska No No No £175 2s 100% N/A
16 Apr 1804 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Middle Dish No No Yes £707 14s 55% N/A
19 Apr 1804 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Spoiled Child No No No £146 2s 6d 35% N/A
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