The Son-in-Law (1779)

Author
John O'Keeffe
Composer
Samuel Arnold
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£4,279 7s 6d £1,992 19s 6d (46.6%) £2,286 8s (53.4%)
1732 - 1809
£4,279 7s 6d - (100%) £1,992 19s 6d (46.6%) £2,286 8s (53.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
22 13 9
1732 - 1809
22 13 9
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Apr 1794 Covent Garden British Fortitude And Hibernian Friendship Or An Escape From France, The London Hermit or Rambles in Dorsetshire, The Son In Law No No Yes £333 8s 6d 32% N/A
02 Dec 1795 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Son in Law No No No £191 5s 60% N/A
04 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Son in Law No No No £233 12s 6d 63% N/A
01 Jan 1796 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Son in Law No No No £211 8s 6d 48% N/A
07 May 1798 Drury Lane Hannah Hewit Or The Female Crusoe, The Inconstant, The Son in Law, The Sailor's Consolation No No Yes £514 1s 6d 76% N/A
18 May 1798 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Son in Law No No Yes £675 18s 6d 86% N/A
21 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Son in Law, The Scotch Ghost No No No £162 13s 6d 38% N/A
30 Apr 1799 Covent Garden False And True, The Son in Law, The Paradox or Maid Wife and Widow, Characteristic Dance and Masquerade as at the Venetian Carnival, Sea Ballad, A Touch at Old Times, In My Father's Mud Cabin No No Yes £478 60% N/A
20 Apr 1801 Drury Lane As You Like It, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Son-In-Law No No Yes £600 6s 63% N/A
16 Nov 1801 Drury Lane King Richard the Third, The Son in Law No No No £262 19s 45% N/A
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