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 %
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
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