The Waterman; or, The First of August (1774)

Author
Charles Dibdin
Composer
Charles Dibdin
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
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
£13,259 17s 6d £4,200 3s (31.7%) £9,059 14s 6d (68.3%)
1732 - 1809
£13,259 17s 6d - (100%) £4,200 3s (31.7%) £9,059 14s 6d (68.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
58 13 45
1732 - 1809
58 13 45
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 May 1778 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Waterman, Hornpipe No No Yes £276 13s 64% N/A
22 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Waterman, The Force of Love No No No £206 5s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Waterman No No No £152 17s 6d N/A N/A
29 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, Dr Last's Examination Before the College Of Physicians, The Waterman No No Yes £190 4s 6d 29% N/A
15 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A la mode, The Waterman, The Shepherds Wedding No Yes No £239 12s 59% N/A
06 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The Fair Circassian, The Waterman No No No £146 16s 47% N/A
03 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Mysterious Husband, The Waterman, Damon and Musidora No Yes No £285 8s 6d N/A N/A
29 May 1783 Covent Garden The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, The Waterman, Rural Merriment, Hornpipe No No Yes £276 12s 6d 60% N/A
17 Jan 1785 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Waterman No No No £226 N/A N/A
25 May 1785 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Waterman, The Slave in Chains, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £246 1s N/A N/A
27 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Carmelite, The Waterman No No No £169 6s 6d 50% N/A
29 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Waterman No No No £234 1s 68% N/A
29 May 1786 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Waterman No No Yes £230 7s 28% N/A
06 Dec 1786 Drury Lane The Distress'd Mother, The Waterman No No No £227 6s 49% N/A
08 May 1788 Drury Lane The Heiress, Le Matin Midi et le Soir, The Waterman, The Race Horse No No Yes £243 16s 6d 50% N/A
17 May 1788 Drury Lane The Regent, The Waterman No No Yes £184 1s N/A N/A
12 Jun 1788 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, The Waterman No No Yes £238 8s 6d 100% N/A
13 Sep 1788 Drury Lane The Chances, The Waterman No No No £112 3s 6d 100% N/A
07 Feb 1789 Drury Lane Coriolanus Or The Roman Matron, The Waterman No No No £196 13s 6d 45% N/A
03 Mar 1789 Drury Lane Coriolanus, The Waterman No No No £173 10s 6d 41% N/A
10 Mar 1789 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Waterman No No No £25 19s 6d 22% N/A
07 Feb 1792 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Waterman No No No £371 9s 6d 73% N/A
29 Sep 1792 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Waterman No No No £159 19s 100% N/A
11 Jun 1794 Covent Garden Columbus, British Fortitude And Hibernian Friendship, The Waterman, Rule Britannia No No Yes £295 13s 6d 27% N/A
05 Jun 1797 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Waterman, Harlequin and Oberon, A Leap through a Wheel of Fireworks and a Hoop of Daggers No No Yes £360 18s 49% N/A
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