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 %
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
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