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 %
05 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £170 6s 46% N/A
19 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £166 5s 6d 39% N/A
05 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No Yes £270 3s N/A N/A
13 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No No £202 5s 54% N/A
26 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No No £228 11s 53% N/A
05 Mar 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No No £214 12s 52% N/A
26 Mar 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Bon Ton, The Countryman Deceiv'd No No Yes £269 4s 6d 60% N/A
02 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No Yes £253 17s 46% N/A
07 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No Yes £231 19s 44% N/A
28 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, A Fete, The Register Office No No Yes £165 14s 6d 48% N/A
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