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 %
11 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Critic No No No £234 1s 53% N/A
18 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Critic No No No £202 9s 6d 61% N/A
16 Feb 1791 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Critic No No No £204 6d 49% N/A
08 Mar 1791 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Critic No No No £239 5s 6d N/A N/A
17 Mar 1791 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Critic No No No £217 16s 6d 47% N/A
31 Mar 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No Yes £296 17s N/A N/A
07 Apr 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No No £254 1s 6d 57% N/A
03 Oct 1791 Drury Lane Poor Old Drury, As You Like It, The Critic No No No £251 4s 6d 57% N/A
10 Apr 1792 Drury Lane The Double Gallant, The Court of Apollo, The Critic No No Yes £336 19s 46% N/A
12 Dec 1794 Drury Lane Alls Well That Ends Well, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed No No No £282 1s 62% N/A
Download Export