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 %
18 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beaux Stratagem, The Deaf Lover, Dance of Sailors No No No £144 1s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1780 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deaf Lover, The Frolick, Hornpipe No No No £157 15s 6d 100% N/A
01 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Islanders, The Deaf Lover No No No £159 14s 6d 57% N/A
28 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Deaf Lover, The Humours of Leixlip No Yes No £253 3s 6d 60% N/A
13 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Deaf Lover, Bacchus and Ariadne No No No £102 14s N/A N/A
25 May 1781 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Deaf Lover, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £271 34% N/A
26 Sep 1781 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Deaf Lover, The Shepherds Wedding No No No £169 9s 100% N/A
24 Oct 1781 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Deaf Lover, The Sports of the Green No No No £228 4s 6d 70% N/A
17 Nov 1781 Covent Garden The Count Of Narbonne, The Deaf Lover No No No £164 10s 6d 57% N/A
18 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, The Deaf Lover No No No £100 10s 36% N/A
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