The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller (1779)

Author
Charles Dibdin
Author
Hannah Cowley
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Pantomime
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
£6,224 11s 11d £6,224 11s 11d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£6,224 11s 11d - (100%) £6,224 11s 11d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
77 77 0
1732 - 1809
77 77 0
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Touchstone No No No £82 12s 6d 27% N/A
10 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Duke Of Milan, The Touchstone No No No £127 10s 6d 43% N/A
16 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, The Touchstone No No No £98 19s 56% N/A
20 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Chances, The Touchstone No No No £152 16s 59% N/A
27 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Spaniards Dismayed or True Blue for Ever, The Touchstone, Dance of Sailors No No Yes £203 1s 55% N/A
01 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Spaniards Dismayed, The Touchstone, Dance of Sailors No No Yes £231 12s 6d 59% N/A
07 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, Know Your Own Mind, The Touchstone No No Yes £255 6d 53% N/A
17 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Touchstone, Cupid Recruiting or The Female Volunteers No Yes No £273 11s 6d 57% N/A
15 Nov 1780 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Touchstone or Harlequin Traveller, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £188 5s 67% N/A
18 Nov 1780 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Touchstone No No No £155 2s 57% N/A
20 Nov 1780 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Touchstone No No No £182 8s 41% N/A
20 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, Chit Chat or The Penance of Polygamy, The Touchstone, The Shepherds Wedding, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £223 13s 6d 53% N/A
12 May 1781 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, A Fete, The Touchstone Yes No Yes £219 8s 11d 66% N/A
16 May 1781 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, The Farmer's Return from London, The Touchstone, St. David's Day No No Yes £265 18s 60% N/A
02 Nov 1781 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Touchstone No No No £85 6d 37% N/A
03 Nov 1781 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Touchstone No No No £94 19s N/A N/A
05 Nov 1781 Covent Garden Tamerlane, The Touchstone, To thee, O Gentle Sleep No No No £128 15s 45% N/A
07 Nov 1781 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Touchstone, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £95 10s 38% N/A
09 Nov 1781 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Touchstone No No No £153 12s 41% N/A
16 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Touchstone No No No £126 6s 38% N/A
21 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Count Of Narbonne, The Touchstone No No No £150 14s 6d 44% N/A
11 May 1782 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Touchstone, Humours of Newmarket, Tally Ho!, The Poney Races No No Yes £228 10s 55% N/A
14 May 1782 Covent Garden The Man Of The World, The Touchstone No No No £182 5s 6d 81% N/A
15 May 1782 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Touchstone No No Yes £208 5s 58% N/A
21 May 1782 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Touchstone, The Gala No No Yes £257 2s 6d N/A N/A
30 Nov 1789 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Touchstone No No No £264 19s 65% N/A
03 Dec 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Touchstone No No No £242 15s 6d N/A N/A
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