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 %
28 May 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No Yes £138 18s 35% N/A
27 Sep 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus, Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen No No No £232 16s 100% N/A
09 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp, Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen No No No £220 3s 6d 100% N/A
20 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe, Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen No No No £143 9s 53% N/A
01 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £210 7s 6d 65% N/A
14 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £230 18s 6d 68% N/A
26 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £178 17s 6d 45% N/A
05 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £147 6s 48% N/A
31 Dec 1781 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Robinson Crusoe No No No £217 15s 44% N/A
31 Jan 1782 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Divorce No No No £246 3s 6d 50% N/A
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