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 %
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
Download Export