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 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
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