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 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
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