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 %
29 Mar 1799 Covent Garden The Flitch Of Bacon, Five Thousand a Year, The Magic Oak No No No £233 11s 6d 51% N/A
27 Apr 1799 Covent Garden What Is She, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £161 11s 44% N/A
13 Nov 1799 Covent Garden Management, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £229 11s 6d 57% N/A
19 Nov 1800 Drury Lane Indiscretion, The Flitch of Bacon, Robinson Crusoe No No No £138 4s 6d 29% N/A
21 Nov 1801 Drury Lane The Double Gallant; or, The Sicky Lady Cured, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £131 13s 6d 21% N/A
18 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Dairy Maids, The Flitch of Bacon, Sweet Passion of Love, The Beggar Girl, Crazy Jane No No Yes £62 11s N/A N/A
24 Jun 1802 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, Flitch of Bacon No No Yes £79 17s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £408 5s 65% N/A
03 Jun 1806 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Flitch of Bacon No No Yes £546 3s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1806 Covent Garden Coriolanus, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £320 3s 71% N/A
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