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 %
01 Jan 1782 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Critic No No No £104 3s 6d 35% N/A
18 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Critic, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £267 10s 49% N/A
03 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Election, The School for Scandal, The Critic No No No £162 17s 42% N/A
13 May 1782 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Critic, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £287 15s 62% N/A
23 May 1782 Drury Lane Fair American, The Critic No No No £105 7s N/A N/A
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
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