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 %
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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