The Flitch of Bacon (1778)

Composer
William Shield
Author
Samuel Ireland
Author
Henry Bate Dudley
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
£13,034 19s £10,425 12s 6d (80%) £2,609 6s 6d (20%)
1732 - 1809
£13,034 19s - (100%) £10,425 12s 6d (80%) £2,609 6s 6d (20%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
64 52 12
1732 - 1809
64 52 12
Notes
LS and ECCO credit Henry Bate Dudley with the authorship of this piece; however, there is correspondence in the Folger (D.a.82) between Samuel Ireland and Thomas King and George Colman regarding an afterpiece written by Ireland with the same title in 1778.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
28 Apr 1783 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Flitch of Bacon, Hornpipe, The Poney Races No No Yes £276 10s 6d 64% N/A
01 Oct 1783 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Flitch of Bacon, Damon and Musidora No No No £195 13s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1783 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Husband, The Rival Knights, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £202 6s 41% N/A
24 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Flitch of Bacon, When Phoebus the tops of the bills does adorn, Poor Thomas Day, Mad Tom, Hark! the Lark at Heav'n's Gate sings, What shall be have who kill'd the Deer? No No Yes £309 53% N/A
15 May 1784 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Flitch of Bacon, The Rival Nymphs, Let not Age No No Yes £229 3s 6d N/A N/A
21 May 1784 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Husband, The Flitch of Bacon, Minuet de la Cour, Pas de Deux, The Charms of a Camp; or, The Female Volunteer, The Rival Nymphs No No Yes £179 4s 6d 62% N/A
27 May 1784 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, The Flitch of Bacon, The Charms of a Camp No No Yes £290 6d N/A N/A
03 May 1785 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Flitch of Bacon, The Mansion of Peace, Awake Aeolean Lyre, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £301 19s 6d N/A N/A
20 Oct 1785 Drury Lane Braganza, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £239 10s 44% N/A
29 Oct 1785 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £205 10s 6d 59% N/A
07 Jun 1786 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Flitch of Bacon, The Lucky Return No No No £219 16s 6d 100% N/A
20 May 1789 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, The Flitch of Bacon, The Piping Pedlar, Auld Robin Gray No No Yes £290 16s 6d 64% N/A
18 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Toy Or Hampton court Frolics, The Flitch of Bacon, The Deserter No No No £180 7s 6d 41% N/A
13 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Flitch of Bacon, Hornpipe, The Wolf No No Yes £285 14s 47% N/A
03 May 1790 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Flitch of Bacon, Tambourine Dance No No Yes £360 12s 37% N/A
01 Jun 1790 Covent Garden The Ladies' Frolick, The Comedy of Errors, The Flitch of Bacon, Crutch Dance, Highland Laddie, Alone by the Light of the Moon No No Yes £216 12s 66% N/A
14 May 1791 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Flitch of Bacon, The Jockies No No Yes £202 19s N/A N/A
07 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £198 11s 33% N/A
28 Sep 1792 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £286 7s 100% N/A
30 Nov 1793 Covent Garden The World In A Village, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £206 8s 6d 100% N/A
03 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The World In A Village, The Flitch Of Bacon, The Drunken Swiss No No Yes £158 13s 6d N/A N/A
09 Dec 1795 Covent Garden King Henry The Fourth First Part, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £170 12s 44% N/A
29 Jan 1796 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £203 15s 40% N/A
23 May 1798 Drury Lane The Castle spectre, The Sons of Anacreon, The Flitch of Bacon No No Yes £526 14s 6d 64% N/A
26 Jan 1799 Covent Garden Laugh When You Can, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £164 9s 6d 32% N/A
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