The Deaf Lover (1780)

Author
Frederick Pilon
Composer
William Shield
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£17,578 11s 6d £6,942 8s 6d (39.5%) £10,636 3s (60.5%)
1732 - 1809
£17,578 11s 6d - (100%) £6,942 8s 6d (39.5%) £10,636 3s (60.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
87 40 47
1732 - 1809
87 40 47
Notes
Altered from Pilon's The Device (1779)
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Deaf Lover No No No £252 10s 6d 57% N/A
02 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Deaf Lover No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Deaf Lover No No No £225 19s 72% N/A
14 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Deaf Lover, The Shepherd's Wedding No No No £105 11s 47% N/A
28 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Volunteers, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Deaf Lover No No Yes £190 4s 6d 66% N/A
12 May 1780 Covent Garden The Female Orators Or Ladies Debating Society, The Merchant of Venice, The Deaf Lover, Scotch ballad, The Humours of New Market No No Yes £177 3s 52% N/A
18 May 1780 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Deaf Lover, The Embarkment for Cythera, The Humours of Leixlip, Cupid Recruiting, Minuet No No Yes £184 13s 39% N/A
19 May 1780 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Deaf Lover, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £277 9s 6d 22% N/A
24 May 1780 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Deaf Lover, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £248 9s 6d 14% N/A
26 May 1780 Covent Garden She Stoops To Conquer, The Deaf Lover, The Shepherd's Wedding No No Yes £207 3s 6d 15% N/A
Download Export