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 %
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
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