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
£6,622 6s £6,622 6s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£6,622 6s - (100%) £6,622 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 %
18 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Sylphs, The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £172 13s 40% N/A
19 Jan 1774 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Sylphs No No No £217 53% N/A
20 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, The Sylphs No No No £217 8s 49% N/A
21 Jan 1774 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Sylphs Yes No No £174 15s 41% N/A
22 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, The Sylphs No No No £192 8s 55% N/A
25 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Clandestine Marriage, The Sylphs No No No £160 12s 40% N/A
26 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Sylphs Yes No No £174 16s 45% N/A
27 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, The Sylphs No No No £179 7s 52% N/A
28 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, The Sylphs No No No £167 8s 57% N/A
05 Feb 1774 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Sylphs, The Old Ground Young, Allemande No No No £138 9s 40% N/A
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