The Flitch of Bacon (1778)

Author
Henry Bate Dudley
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£9,356 2s 6d £7,719 17s 6d (82.5%) £1,636 5s (17.5%)
1732 - 1809
£9,356 2s 6d - (100%) £7,719 17s 6d (82.5%) £1,636 5s (17.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
64 52 12
1732 - 1809
64 52 12
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £153 45% N/A
13 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £114 10s 100% N/A
14 Jan 1780 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Flitch of Bacon, The Dockyard No Yes No £292 13s 59% N/A
15 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £123 2s 6d 33% N/A
21 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £148 18s 6d 43% N/A
25 Jan 1780 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Flitch Of Bacon No No No £121 1s 6d 36% N/A
27 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Chances, The Flitch Of Bacon No No No £104 6d 29% N/A
18 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady Cured, The School For Scandal Scandalizd, The Flitch of Bacon No No Yes £230 5s N/A N/A
10 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Fete Anticipated, The Flitch Of Bacon No No Yes £300 12s 6d 55% N/A
18 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Chances, The Flitch of Bacon, Catches and Glees, Mad Tom No No Yes £246 13s 6d 51% N/A
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