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 %
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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