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
£28,093 4s £1,087 13s (3.9%) £27,005 11s (96.1%)
1732 - 1809
£28,093 4s - (100%) £1,087 13s (3.9%) £27,005 11s (96.1%)
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 %
18 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Critic No No No £118 8s 6d 43% N/A
24 Jan 1789 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Critic No No No £238 14s 62% N/A
03 Feb 1789 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Critic No No No £226 10s 6d 53% N/A
07 May 1789 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Critic, The Drunken Swiss No No Yes £210 13s 30% N/A
15 May 1789 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Critic, The Welsh Cantata, The Bells of Aberdovey No No Yes £239 16s 27% N/A
27 Oct 1790 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed No No No £265 14s 56% N/A
13 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Critic No No No £262 14s 6d N/A N/A
20 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Critic No No No £250 15s 67% N/A
27 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Critic No No No £270 3s 61% N/A
04 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Critic No No No £272 19s 6d 56% N/A
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