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 %
09 Dec 1801 Covent Garden Chains of the Heart; or, The Slave by Choice, The Ghost No No No £421 9s 6d 66% N/A
08 Jun 1802 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, The Deserter of Naples, The Ghost No No Yes £440 6d 20% N/A
22 Mar 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, The Captive, The Ghost No No No £452 13s 60% N/A
29 May 1809 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Ghost, Valentine and Orson No No Yes £300 3s 62% N/A
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