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 %
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
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