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 %
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
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