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 %
20 Jan 1796 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Captive No No No £545 3s 6d 72% N/A
04 Apr 1796 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Captive No No No £289 8s 6d 54% N/A
03 Jun 1796 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, No Song No Supper, A Musical Olio, The Little Waist, The Sailor's Journal No No Yes £148 10s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1796 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, No Song No Supper No No No £331 4s 6d 100% N/A
03 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £242 17s 6d 57% N/A
14 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Shipwreck, The Scotch Ghost No No No £225 1s 6d 36% N/A
19 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, No Song No Supper, The Scotch Ghost No No No £197 1s 6d 29% N/A
09 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, A Friend in Need No No No £321 14s 51% N/A
25 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Lodoiska No No No £219 11s 51% N/A
21 Mar 1797 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Lodoiska No No No £186 4s 38% N/A
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