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 %
10 Jun 1797 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Waterman, The Honest Thieves, The Heaving of The Lead, The Storm No No Yes £229 11s 72% N/A
12 Jun 1797 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Waterman, Harlequin and Oberon No No Yes £291 10s N/A N/A
20 Apr 1798 Covent Garden False Impressions, The Waterman, Retaliation or The Citizen a Soldier, Old England's Tree of Liberty, Patents All the Rage No No Yes £408 19s 6d 23% N/A
02 Jun 1798 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, The Waterman, The Witches' Revels or The Birth of Harlequin, Old Towler, Performances on the Slack Rope No No Yes £267 19s 6d N/A N/A
10 Jun 1802 Covent Garden The Word of Honour, The Waterman, Paul and Virginia No No Yes £241 1s 48% N/A
23 Jun 1802 Covent Garden Speed the Plow, The Follies of a Day, The Waterman No No Yes £394 12s N/A N/A
24 Jun 1802 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, Paul & Virginia, The Waterman No No Yes £472 10s 6d N/A N/A
15 Mar 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, The Waterman No No No £435 15s 76% N/A
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