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
£5,084 10s £5,084 10s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£5,084 10s - (100%) £5,084 10s (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 %
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
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