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 %
22 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No No No £203 14s 6d 49% N/A
25 Jan 1780 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, The Critic No No No £211 9s 6d 64% N/A
28 Jan 1780 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Critic, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £173 5s 6d 48% N/A
03 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Critic No No No £186 8s N/A N/A
10 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No No No £208 18s 58% N/A
12 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry IV, The Critic, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £171 2s 6d 40% N/A
15 Feb 1780 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, The Critic No No No £192 9s N/A N/A
24 Feb 1780 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Critic, The Coopers No No No £205 11s 6d 47% N/A
28 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Critic, New Pastoral Dance, Fete Champetre, Grand New Dance No No No £244 15s 6d 46% N/A
02 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Critic, The Huntsman Deceiv'd No No No £214 5s N/A N/A
06 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Critic, The Sportsman Deceived No No Yes £156 10s 6d N/A N/A
16 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Critic No No Yes £222 19s 6d 36% N/A
27 Mar 1780 Drury Lane The Committee, The Critic No No No £146 18s 45% N/A
10 Apr 1780 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Critic No No No £195 3s 45% N/A
12 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No No No £107 5s 6d 56% N/A
17 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, Jewish Education, The Critic No No Yes £246 13s 43% N/A
21 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Critic, Imitations No No Yes £280 8s 6d 51% N/A
01 May 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No Yes £236 4s 6d 47% N/A
11 May 1780 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £82 4s 6d 42% N/A
15 May 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No No £119 18s 6d 51% N/A
18 May 1780 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No No No £56 17s 6d 61% N/A
27 May 1780 Drury Lane The Miniature Picture, The Critic, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £79 9s 100% N/A
05 Oct 1780 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehears'd, The Butterfly No No Yes £236 3s 6d N/A N/A
19 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic, Sheepshearing Song No No No £114 7s 6d 49% N/A
25 Oct 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Critic, The Force of Love No No No £182 12s 6d N/A N/A
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