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 %
11 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Hurly Burly No No No £206 11s 48% N/A
24 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £230 4s 62% N/A
24 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Daphne and Amintor, The Sailors' Revels, Still the Lark Finds Repose, Dana, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes £314 9s 6d 45% N/A
05 May 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp, Nancy of the Dale, The Bucks of The Field No No Yes £333 18s 40% N/A
16 Sep 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, All the Worlds a Stage No No No £260 13s 100% N/A
14 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £225 12s 100% N/A
20 Nov 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Richard Coeur de Lion No No Yes £220 4s 6d N/A N/A
04 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Jubilee No No No £289 12s 6d 56% N/A
19 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The First Floor No No No £249 7s 6d 56% N/A
26 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The First Floor No No No £205 11s 6d 44% N/A
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