The Critic (1781)

Author
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£23,648 £414 11s (1.8%) £23,233 9s (98.2%)
1732 - 1809
£23,648 - (100%) £414 11s (1.8%) £23,233 9s (98.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
136 4 132
1732 - 1809
136 4 132
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
30 Oct 1779 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehears'd No No No £241 19s 6d N/A N/A
01 Nov 1779 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £229 16s 6d 65% N/A
02 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Critic No No No £222 13s 100% N/A
03 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Critic, Dance of Spirits, Dance of Fantastic Spirits No No No £189 4s 68% N/A
04 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Critic No No No £210 5s 6d 69% N/A
05 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Critic No No No £161 4s 67% N/A
08 Nov 1779 Drury Lane Mahomet, The Critic No No No £194 10s 64% N/A
09 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Critic No No No £219 65% N/A
10 Nov 1779 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £168 8s 6d 57% N/A
11 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Critic No No No £173 2s 6d 48% N/A
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