The Ghost (1769)

Author
Anonymous/unknown
Author
Susanna Centlivre
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£6,185 2s 6d £5,842 8s 6d (94.5%) £342 14s (5.5%)
1732 - 1809
£6,185 2s 6d - (100%) £5,842 8s 6d (94.5%) £342 14s (5.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
29 21 8
1732 - 1809
29 21 8
Notes
Taken from Susanna Centlivre's 'The Man's Bewitched' (1709).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
19 Oct 1795 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Ghost, Dirge No No No £221 9s 6d 39% N/A
04 Jan 1796 Covent Garden The Ghost, The Widow of Malabar, Merry Sherwood No No No £272 4s 49% N/A
06 Jan 1796 Covent Garden The Ghost, The Mysterious Husband, Merry Sherwood No No No £146 5s 6d 40% N/A
18 Feb 1797 Covent Garden A Cure For The Heart Ache, Bantry Bay, The Ghost No No No £293 5s 6d 61% N/A
04 May 1797 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Ghost, Hartford Bridge No No Yes £398 12s 6d 59% N/A
07 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Ghost, Les Delassemens Militaires, Cupid and Psyche No No No £322 9s 56% N/A
21 Dec 1797 Covent Garden The Ghost, False Impressions, Britain's Brave Tars No No No £127 18s 6d 29% N/A
17 Mar 1798 Covent Garden The Ghost, He's Much To Blame, A Devil of a Lover No No No £250 14s 43% N/A
27 Mar 1798 Covent Garden The Ghost, He's Much To Blame, Oscar and Malvina No No No £156 2s 30% N/A
30 Oct 1798 Covent Garden Lovers' Vows, The Ghost, The Mouth of the Nile No No No £243 3s 6d 54% N/A
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