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
£73,150 6s 6d £715 18s 6d (1%) £72,434 8s (99%)
1732 - 1809
£73,150 6s 6d - (100%) £715 18s 6d (1%) £72,434 8s (99%)
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 %
03 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker No No No £262 17s 54% N/A
07 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Selima and Azor No No No £264 16s 57% N/A
10 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker, Rural Grace No No No £247 2s 68% N/A
14 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter, Rural Grace No No No £263 19s 6d 61% N/A
19 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor, Rural Grace No No No £261 14s 66% N/A
23 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor No No No £241 8s 6d 60% N/A
26 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Selima and Azor No No Yes £283 1s 6d 40% N/A
28 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor, The Savage Hunters No No No £193 14s 6d 66% N/A
04 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor, The Savage Hunters No No No £247 14s 67% N/A
22 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £259 9s N/A N/A
24 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Belphegor, Rural Grace No No No £224 69% N/A
29 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Queen Mab No No No £244 15s 6d 75% N/A
07 May 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker No No Yes £278 12s 6d 74% N/A
20 May 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Irish Widow, Minuet de la Cour No No No £233 2s 6d 85% N/A
28 May 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Irish Widow, Minuet de la Cour No No No £216 4s 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker No No No £281 5s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter No No No £262 14s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Waterman, The Force of Love No No No £206 5s N/A N/A
29 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £270 5s N/A N/A
05 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £250 N/A N/A
12 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £256 10s N/A N/A
19 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker No No No £239 14s 6d N/A N/A
24 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Waterman No No No £152 17s 6d N/A N/A
03 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £263 2s N/A N/A
10 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £254 14s 6d N/A N/A
17 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker, The Coopers No No No £257 12s 6d N/A N/A
31 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter No No No £220 17s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, High Life below Stairs, Mock Minuet No No No £230 17s 6d N/A N/A
14 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, High Life below Stairs, The Coopers No No No £246 3s N/A N/A
21 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £277 10s N/A N/A
28 Jan 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £255 13s N/A N/A
04 Feb 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £261 2s N/A N/A
11 Feb 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £264 18s 6d N/A N/A
18 Feb 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £265 8s N/A N/A
25 Feb 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Camp No No No £258 7s N/A N/A
04 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Quaker No No No £251 1s N/A N/A
18 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, A Monody, The Anatomist or Sham Doctor No No No £267 4s N/A N/A
08 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £256 10s N/A N/A
15 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £176 12s N/A N/A
22 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Queen Mab No No No £187 5s 6d N/A N/A
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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