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 %
29 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Jubilee No No No £222 15s N/A N/A
30 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Irish Widow, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No Yes No £240 2s N/A N/A
13 May 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £207 15s N/A N/A
20 May 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £181 10s N/A N/A
24 May 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, A Monody, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £98 14s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jun 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, A Monody, Who's the Dupe?, Double Hornpipe No No No £168 14s 6d 100% N/A
21 Sep 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Elopement No No No £214 16s 100% N/A
14 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor No No No £237 2s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £133 42% N/A
06 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £221 6d 73% N/A
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