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 %
25 May 1782 Drury Lane The Fair American, The Critic No No No £75 4s 6d 68% N/A
21 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehears'd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Feb 1785 Drury Lane The Fox, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehears'd No No No £162 7s N/A N/A
07 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Fox, The Critic, New Comic Dance No No No £161 5s 6d N/A N/A
10 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Critic, Comic Dance No No No £145 14s 6d N/A N/A
19 Mar 1785 Drury Lane The Carmelite, The Critic No No No £266 4s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1785 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Critic, Comic Dance No No Yes £236 13s N/A N/A
30 May 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No No £222 12s 6d 100% N/A
20 Sep 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Critic No No No £228 8s 6d 100% N/A
04 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Critic No No No £162 18s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1785 Drury Lane Othello, The Critic No No No £163 5s 6d 44% N/A
31 Oct 1785 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Critic No No No £120 13s 6d 35% N/A
12 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Critic No No No £216 6s 6d 58% N/A
27 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Critic No No No £126 9s 6d 32% N/A
06 May 1786 Drury Lane Percy, The Critic No No No £218 12s 6d N/A N/A
30 May 1786 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Critic No Yes No £259 19s 90% N/A
23 Sep 1786 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Critic or A Tragedy Rehears'd No No No £201 16s 100% N/A
05 Oct 1786 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Critic No Yes No £319 6d 100% N/A
19 Dec 1786 Drury Lane Douglas, The Critic No No No £205 9s 51% N/A
10 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Love In The East, The Critic No No Yes £124 8s 6d N/A N/A
19 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Artaxerxes, The Critic No No No £256 12s 6d 63% N/A
24 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Critic No No Yes £301 6d 39% N/A
29 Apr 1788 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Critic No No Yes £271 19s 6d 48% N/A
07 Oct 1788 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Critic, The Conjugal Frolick No No No £129 3s 6d 39% N/A
14 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Critic No No No £103 5s 6d 37% N/A
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