Poor Vulcan! (1778)

Author
Charles Dibdin
Composer
Charles Dibdin
Composer
Samuel Arnold
Composer
Thomas Augustine Arne
Author
Peter A. Motteux
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£9,083 7s £9,083 7s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£9,083 7s - (100%) £9,083 7s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
56 56 0
1732 - 1809
56 56 0
Notes
Based on Peter Anthony Motteux's 'The Loves of Mars and Venus'.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
13 Nov 1778 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, Poor Vulcan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1778 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, Poor Vulcan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1778 Covent Garden Percy, Poor Vulcan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Jan 1779 Covent Garden King Henry The Fifth, Poor Vulcan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Woman's A Riddle Or The Way To Win A Widow, The Spaniards Dismayed, Poor Vulcan, Dance of Sailors No No Yes £155 1s 59% N/A
12 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Spaniards Dismayed, Poor Vulcan, Interlude Between Plutus and Wit, Dance of Sailors No No Yes £166 5s 44% N/A
31 Mar 1781 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Poor Vulcan, The Caledonian Shepherds No No Yes £241 15s 51% N/A
27 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, A Fete, Poor Vulcan, When Phoebus the Tops of the Hills Did Adorn No No Yes £159 2s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1781 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, Poor Vulcan No No No £150 17s 6d 72% N/A
12 Nov 1781 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, Poor Vulcan, Solemn Dirge No No No £112 5s 6d 40% N/A
13 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Poor Vulcan, The Belle of the Village No No No £111 15s 45% N/A
03 Mar 1783 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Husband, Poor Vulcan No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1783 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Poor Vulcan, The Rival Nymphs No No Yes £347 3s 6d 68% N/A
07 May 1784 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, Man and Wife, Poor Vulcan, The Poney Races, Theatrical Glee No No Yes £114 4s 52% N/A
28 May 1784 Covent Garden The Chances, Poor Vulcan, The Charms of a Camp No No Yes £153 12s 100% N/A
05 Dec 1785 Covent Garden King Richard III, Poor Vulcan No No No £147 1s 6d 36% N/A
06 Dec 1785 Covent Garden The Orphan, Poor Vulcan No No No £211 2s 6d 57% N/A
03 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, Poor Vulcan, Leap Year No No No £195 5s 6d 47% N/A
30 May 1786 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Poor Vulcan, Rural Merriment No No Yes £278 1s 6d 10% N/A
22 Nov 1786 Covent Garden The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, Poor Vulcan No No No £215 16s 50% N/A
22 Dec 1786 Covent Garden Eloisa, Poor Vulcan, Dotage, or The Natural Mistake No No Yes £121 6s 6d N/A N/A
26 Sep 1787 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, Poor Vulcan, Leap Year or A New Way of Wooing No No No £167 8s 100% N/A
12 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Ton, Poor Vulcan No No Yes £181 13s N/A N/A
07 May 1788 Covent Garden Such Things Are, Poor Vulcan, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £181 19s 6d 60% N/A
02 Jun 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, Poor Vulcan No No Yes £123 17s 6d 35% N/A
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