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 %
09 May 1807 Covent Garden Henry the Eighth, Flitch of Bacon No No No £230 17s 61% N/A
19 Oct 1807 Covent Garden King Henry the Eighth, Flitch of Bacon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1807 Covent Garden Winter's Tale, Flitch of Bacon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1808 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £171 43% N/A
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