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 %
21 May 1788 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Deserter No No Yes £297 12s 6d 39% N/A
04 Jun 1788 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Deserter No No Yes £189 10s 38% N/A
29 Sep 1788 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Deserter, Solemn Dirge No No No £291 18s 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Deserter No No No £228 1s 52% N/A
21 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Deserter No No No £153 13s 56% N/A
02 Dec 1788 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Deserter No No No £221 10s 6d 58% N/A
12 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Deserter, Jamie's Return, Sheep-Shearing Song No No No £60 10s 6d 23% N/A
06 Jan 1789 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Deserter No No No £121 5s 42% N/A
10 Feb 1789 Drury Lane Coriolanus, The Deserter No No No £201 11s 6d 50% N/A
17 Mar 1789 Drury Lane The Regent, The Deserter No No Yes £160 17s N/A N/A
28 Mar 1789 Drury Lane Mary Queen Of Scots, The Deserter No No Yes £265 15s N/A N/A
28 May 1789 Covent Garden The Deserter, Barataria, Don Juan or The Libertine Destroyed No No Yes £224 11s 66% N/A
02 Jun 1789 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Deserter No No Yes £166 19s 17% N/A
09 Jun 1789 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Deserter, Highland Reel, The Sheepshearing Song No No Yes £257 2s 6d 25% N/A
15 Oct 1789 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Deserter No No No £170 6d 100% N/A
29 Oct 1789 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Deserter No No No £182 14s 6d 100% N/A
07 May 1790 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Toy Shop, The Deserter, Poor Jack; Or, the Sweet Little Cherub No No Yes £281 3s 43% N/A
15 Sep 1790 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Deserter No No No £139 5s 100% N/A
30 Nov 1790 Drury Lane Better Late Than Never, The Deserter No No No £164 7s 59% N/A
20 May 1791 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Deserter, La Fete Marine, La Cossaque et Le Pas Russe No No Yes £41 14s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1791 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Deserter No No No £269 12s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Deserter No No No £179 12s 6d N/A N/A
06 Mar 1792 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deserter No No No £350 9s 6d 67% N/A
20 Mar 1792 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Deserter No No No £352 57% N/A
14 Apr 1792 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Deserter No No No £296 6s 6d 65% N/A
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