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 %
09 Apr 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Sons of Anacreon, The Quaker No No Yes £302 44% N/A
02 May 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Lyar No No Yes £231 14s 6d N/A N/A
14 May 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Who's the Dupe, Stand to Your Guns, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes £292 17s 6d 36% N/A
13 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £248 17s 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio No No No £139 2s 38% N/A
04 Dec 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £137 14s 6d 40% N/A
02 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Junior No Yes No £262 9s 57% N/A
28 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Selima and Azor No No No £233 2s 6d 49% N/A
11 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Junior No No No £154 15s 6d 42% N/A
02 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No Yes £259 9s 37% N/A
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