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 %
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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