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 %
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
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