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
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