The Sylphs; or Harlequin's Gambols (1774)

Composer
John Abraham Fisher
Author
Anonymous/unknown
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Pantomime
Performance Medium
Dance
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
£6,565 6s £6,565 6s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£6,565 6s - (100%) £6,565 6s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
49 49 0
1732 - 1809
49 49 0
Notes
The LS documents the Westminster Review's suspicion that the pantomime was composed by Henry Woodward (4: 1776).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
03 Jan 1774 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Sylphs or Harlequins Gambols No No No £237 12s N/A N/A
04 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Sylphs No No No £174 4s N/A N/A
05 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Sylphs No Yes No £243 1s 53% N/A
06 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Sylphs Yes No No £167 16s 52% N/A
08 Jan 1774 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Sylphs, Dutch Dance Yes No No £237 7s 52% N/A
10 Jan 1774 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Sylphs Yes No No £209 9s N/A N/A
11 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Sylphs Yes No No £183 15s N/A N/A
13 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Sylphs No No No £230 6s 47% N/A
15 Jan 1774 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Sylphs No No No £221 1s 54% N/A
17 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, The Sylphs No No No £208 1s 57% N/A
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