The School for Scandal (1777)

Author
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£66,271 12s £456 15s 6d (0.7%) £65,814 16s 6d (99.3%)
1732 - 1809
£66,271 12s - (100%) £456 15s 6d (0.7%) £65,814 16s 6d (99.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
295 2 293
1732 - 1809
295 2 293
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
01 May 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No Yes £236 4s 6d 47% N/A
08 May 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Genii No No No £141 2s 6d 65% N/A
15 May 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No No £119 18s 6d 51% N/A
19 May 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £104 15s 78% N/A
14 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Selima And Azor No No No £251 2s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £192 9s 6d 57% N/A
07 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £179 1s 6d 65% N/A
30 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £198 18s 44% N/A
14 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Queen Mab, The Irish Fair No No No £204 10s 6d N/A N/A
22 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Jubilee No No No £169 8s 6d 78% N/A
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