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 %
06 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Critic No No No £225 15s 6d 44% N/A
14 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £212 7s 68% N/A
21 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £136 2s 48% N/A
24 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Critic No No Yes £100 6d N/A N/A
11 Dec 1780 Drury Lane Douglas, The Critic No No No £173 2s 6d 50% N/A
13 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Critic No No Yes £138 9s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1780 Drury Lane Zara, The Critic No No No £140 15s 58% N/A
21 Dec 1780 Drury Lane Douglas, The Critic No No No £95 7s 46% N/A
29 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, The Critic No No Yes £147 10s N/A N/A
09 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Countess Of Salisbury, The Critic No No No £137 7s 6d 39% N/A
12 Jan 1781 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Critic No No No £119 19s 35% N/A
23 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Critic No No No £81 16s 31% N/A
26 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Critic No No No £185 15s 6d 40% N/A
08 Mar 1781 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Critic No No No £162 3s 6d 41% N/A
17 Apr 1781 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Critic No No Yes £122 6s 6d 37% N/A
01 May 1781 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Critic, Masquerade Dance No No Yes £92 19s N/A N/A
21 May 1781 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Critic, The Dutch Quaker No No No £85 1s 6d 40% N/A
29 Sep 1781 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed No No No £171 17s 6d 100% N/A
12 Oct 1781 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £191 13s 100% N/A
25 Oct 1781 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Critic No No No £130 3s 6d 47% N/A
01 Jan 1782 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Critic No No No £104 3s 6d 35% N/A
18 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Critic, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £267 10s 49% N/A
03 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Election, The School for Scandal, The Critic No No No £162 17s 42% N/A
13 May 1782 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Critic, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £287 15s 62% N/A
23 May 1782 Drury Lane Fair American, The Critic No No No £105 7s N/A N/A
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