The Deserter (1773)

Composer
Charles Dibdin
Composer
Pierre Monsigny
Composer
François-André Danican Philidor
Author
Charles Dibdin
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£30,415 16s £2,875 2s 6d (9.5%) £27,540 13s 6d (90.5%)
1732 - 1809
£30,415 16s - (100%) £2,875 2s 6d (9.5%) £27,540 13s 6d (90.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
172 21 151
1732 - 1809
172 21 151
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Sep 1777 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Deserter No No No £160 6s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deserter, Minuet de la Cour No No No £92 8s 41% N/A
05 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter, Rural Grace No No No £264 6s 70% N/A
30 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, The Deserter, The Minuet de la Cour, Oh What a Charming Thing's a Battle Yes No Yes £212 6d 39% N/A
28 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter, The Provincalle No No No £274 8s 49% N/A
14 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter, Rural Grace No No No £263 19s 6d 61% N/A
16 May 1778 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Deserter No No Yes £241 18s 44% N/A
10 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter No No No £262 14s 100% N/A
18 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Deserter No No Yes £281 16s N/A N/A
31 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter No No No £220 17s 6d N/A N/A
12 May 1779 Drury Lane The Double Deception, The Deserter No No Yes £83 1s N/A N/A
22 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter No No No £206 18s 6d 64% N/A
28 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Deserter No No No £85 10s 33% N/A
18 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter, Hornpipe No No Yes £195 13s 6d 35% N/A
02 May 1781 Drury Lane The Rivals, A Fete, The Deserter No No Yes £235 5s 6d 46% N/A
18 May 1781 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Deserter, The Butterfly No No Yes £180 4s 6d 50% N/A
30 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Deserter, The Gala No No Yes £198 19s 63% N/A
01 May 1782 Covent Garden The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Deserter, St David's Day, Cease Gay Seducer, Tally Ho! No No Yes £209 10s 6d 44% N/A
20 May 1783 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Deserter, Hornpipe, The Butterfly No No Yes £239 3s 6d 32% N/A
29 May 1783 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Deserter, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £264 40% N/A
31 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Deserter No No No £259 17s 55% N/A
06 Mar 1784 Drury Lane The Countess Of Salisbury, The Deserter No No No £275 6d 50% N/A
25 Mar 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, The Deserter, The Jovial Sailors No No Yes £321 3s 38% N/A
16 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Deserter No No No £270 18s N/A N/A
29 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Deserter No No Yes £147 15s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The Deserter, The Fancy Races, Tantivy, the Welkin Resounds, The New Blown Rose No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1785 Drury Lane The Sons Of Anacreon, The Confederacy, The Deserter No No Yes £298 6s N/A N/A
18 May 1785 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, The Deserter, Minuet de la Cour, Alas Poor Sue, The Wapping Landlady or Jack in Distress No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Deserter No No No £290 14s 6d 100% N/A
08 Nov 1785 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Deserter No No No £219 6s 6d 46% N/A
06 May 1786 Covent Garden The Beaux Stratagem, The Deserter, A Description of the Tombs in Westminster Abbey No No Yes £101 16s 6d N/A N/A
22 May 1786 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, An Harmonic Jubilee, The Deserter No No Yes £182 11s 66% N/A
25 May 1786 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Deserter, The Lucky Return, Hunting Duett No No Yes £251 15s 42% N/A
01 Jun 1786 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £256 2s 35% N/A
10 Apr 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Deserter, Four and Twenty Fidlers All on a Row, Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners No No Yes £323 19s 69% N/A
20 Apr 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Deserter, The Indian's Ransom No No Yes £190 8s 6d 48% N/A
22 May 1787 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Sons of Anacreon, The Deserter No No Yes £193 18s 6d 30% N/A
28 May 1787 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Deserter, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £297 12s 48% N/A
01 Jun 1787 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Deserter, The Capricious Lovers, The Scheming Jockey and Fortune Teller No No Yes £241 8s 6d 17% N/A
19 Sep 1787 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Deserter No No No £142 4s 100% N/A
17 Dec 1787 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Deserter No No No £128 17s 6d 46% N/A
18 Dec 1787 Drury Lane Julia, The Deserter No No No £152 19s 6d 50% N/A
22 Dec 1787 Drury Lane Julia, The Deserter No No No £153 14s 39% N/A
01 Jan 1788 Drury Lane Julia, The Deserter No No Yes £157 12s N/A N/A
21 Jan 1788 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deserter No No Yes £343 12s 6d 41% N/A
05 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Fate Of Sparta, The Deserter No No Yes £212 18s 51% N/A
16 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The Fate Of Sparta, The Deserter No No No £169 9s 6d 43% N/A
08 Mar 1788 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deserter No No No £195 18s 46% N/A
23 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter No No Yes £261 8s 53% N/A
17 May 1788 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Deserter No No Yes £236 10s 6d N/A N/A
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