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 %
15 May 1801 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, Dr Last's Examination, The Shipwreck No No Yes £557 5s 48% N/A
28 Oct 1801 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity No No No £210 4s 42% N/A
17 Nov 1801 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, The Shipwreck No No No £146 4s 23% N/A
24 May 1802 Drury Lane School for Scandal, Adelmorn, Ballet No No Yes £597 6s 6d 61% N/A
23 Apr 1804 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, The Review; or, the Wags of Windsor No No Yes £550 9s 52% N/A
28 Apr 1804 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, Cinderella No No No £171 5s 6d 34% N/A
04 May 1804 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, The Deserter of Naples No No Yes £559 10s 6d 49% N/A
15 May 1804 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, The Caravan No No Yes £75 4s 6d N/A N/A
31 May 1804 Drury Lane School for Scandal, Caravan No No Yes £61 6s 6d N/A N/A
08 Oct 1804 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £439 19s 55% N/A
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