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 %
15 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Too Civil by Half No No Yes £121 4s 6d N/A N/A
10 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Too Civil by Half No No No £102 15s 37% N/A
07 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £188 16s 45% N/A
22 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £139 15s 40% N/A
03 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Bon Ton, Highland Reel No No Yes £278 3s 31% N/A
25 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Citizen, Devonshire Minuet, Imitations No No Yes £184 1s 46% N/A
15 May 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Lyar, The Butterfly, Time Has Not Thinned My Flowing Hair No No Yes £209 15s 6d 42% N/A
18 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No No £240 9s 6d N/A N/A
08 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Junior No No No £216 13s 6d N/A N/A
30 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £208 17s 6d N/A N/A
13 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £177 12s N/A N/A
31 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Caldron No No No £238 1s 6d N/A N/A
14 Feb 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Liberty Hall No No No £217 1s 6d N/A N/A
14 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Liberty Hall No No No £159 11s N/A N/A
30 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The School Boy, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes £291 3s N/A N/A
02 May 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Humourist No No No £164 16s N/A N/A
30 May 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No No £222 12s 6d 100% N/A
20 Sep 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No No £228 8s 6d 100% N/A
03 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £259 11s 69% N/A
19 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Jubilee No No No £209 11s 6d 47% N/A
11 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Hurly Burly No No No £206 11s 48% N/A
24 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £230 4s 62% N/A
24 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Daphne and Amintor, The Sailors' Revels, Still the Lark Finds Repose, Dana, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes £314 9s 6d 45% N/A
05 May 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp, Nancy of the Dale, The Bucks of The Field No No Yes £333 18s 40% N/A
16 Sep 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, All the Worlds a Stage No No No £260 13s 100% N/A
14 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £225 12s 100% N/A
20 Nov 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Richard Coeur de Lion No No Yes £220 4s 6d N/A N/A
04 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Jubilee No No No £289 12s 6d 56% N/A
19 Jan 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The First Floor No No No £249 7s 6d 56% N/A
26 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The First Floor No No No £205 11s 6d 44% N/A
09 Apr 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Sons of Anacreon, The Quaker No No Yes £302 44% N/A
02 May 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Lyar No No Yes £231 14s 6d N/A N/A
14 May 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Who's the Dupe, Stand to Your Guns, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes £292 17s 6d 36% N/A
13 Oct 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £248 17s 6d 100% N/A
01 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio No No No £139 2s 38% N/A
04 Dec 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No No £137 14s 6d 40% N/A
02 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Junior No Yes No £262 9s 57% N/A
28 Jan 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Selima and Azor No No No £233 2s 6d 49% N/A
11 Feb 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Junior No No No £154 15s 6d 42% N/A
02 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Comus No No Yes £259 9s 37% N/A
23 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deserter No No Yes £261 8s 53% N/A
09 Jun 1788 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £201 6s 6d 58% N/A
10 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Deuce is in Him No No No £268 7s 58% N/A
18 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, No Song No Supper No No No £305 7s N/A N/A
02 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, No Song No Supper No No No £275 15s 54% N/A
16 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Devil to Pay No No No £211 13s 6d 62% N/A
23 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Don Juan No No No £178 19s 49% N/A
30 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Fairy Favour No No No £192 14s 6d 49% N/A
09 Feb 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £255 11s 57% N/A
17 Feb 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Devil to Pay No No No £192 2s 6d N/A N/A
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