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
£4,816 17s £1,515 18s (31.5%) £3,300 19s (68.5%)
1732 - 1809
£4,816 17s - (100%) £1,515 18s (31.5%) £3,300 19s (68.5%)
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 %
15 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1771 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Noble Pedlar or The Fortune Hunter, Comic Dance, Burlesque Cantata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1771 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Institution of the Garter No No No £108 14s 34% N/A
26 Jan 1773 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Pigmy Revels No No No £143 3s 44% N/A
21 May 1773 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Elopement, The Drunken Peasant No No Yes £175 14s 6d 23% N/A
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
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