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 %
19 Dec 1794 Drury Lane The School For Lovers, The Critic No No No £205 3s 51% N/A
19 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Cherokee, The Critic No No No £262 14s 6d 60% N/A
13 Apr 1796 Drury Lane The Smugglers, A Favourite Scene from New Hay (Sylvester Daggerwood), The Critic, The Wedding Day No No Yes £614 9s 6d 70% N/A
12 May 1797 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed, The Scotch Ghost No No Yes £386 18s 55% N/A
01 Jun 1797 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Critic No No Yes £377 5s 75% N/A
09 Jun 1797 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic, The Scotch Ghost, Imitations No No Yes £465 13s 6d 49% N/A
24 May 1798 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed, Sigh No More, Ladies, Little Bess the Ballad Singer, Little Taffline No No Yes £505 1s 6d 83% N/A
08 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Critic, The Shipwreck, I Never Lov'd Any Dear Mary But You, The Fight Off Camperdown, The Town and Country No No Yes £642 18s 100% N/A
30 Apr 1800 Covent Garden The Rage, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehears'd, Sally in Our Alley, Black Ey'd Susan, Rule Britannia No No Yes £433 2s 41% N/A
10 May 1809 Covent Garden Lovers' Vows, The Critick No No Yes £319 9s 45% N/A
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