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 %
03 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No Yes No £251 11s 61% N/A
10 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Critic, New Comic Pantomime Dance, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £183 12s 6d 41% N/A
01 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No No No £153 2s 51% N/A
11 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No No No £196 18s 63% N/A
18 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Critic, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £201 18s 56% N/A
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
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