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 %
22 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Buxom Joan, Much Ado about Nothing, The Flitch of Bacon, Moderation and Alteration No No Yes £107 10s 6d 58% N/A
03 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £171 8s 6d 50% N/A
15 Mar 1781 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £139 1s 36% N/A
20 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Comedy Of Errors, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £87 6d 34% N/A
25 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Fete, The Flitch of Bacon, When Phoebus the Tops of the Hills Did Adorn No No Yes £194 2s 6d 47% N/A
01 May 1781 Covent Garden The Mistake, True Blue, The Flitch of Bacon, The Rakes of Mallow, St David's Day; or The Village Revels, Country Dance, Double Hornpipe, Sailors Dance, The Sports of the Green or The Rivals Reconcild No No Yes £162 4s N/A N/A
15 May 1781 Drury Lane The West Indian, A Fete, The Flitch of Bacon, The Butterfly No No Yes £260 1s 28% N/A
18 May 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Flitch of Bacon, Minuet de la Cour en Quatre, St. David's Day, The Humours of New Market, Minuet, New Pastoral Dance, The Poney Races No No Yes £296 11s 50% N/A
23 May 1781 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Farmer's Return from London, The Flitch of Bacon, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £203 4s 67% N/A
13 Oct 1781 Covent Garden Duplicity, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £204 16s 69% N/A
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