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 %
24 Nov 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Deaf Lover No No No £277 16s 6d 65% N/A
06 Dec 1783 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Deaf Lover No No No £226 13s 6d 52% N/A
10 Dec 1783 Drury Lane King John, The Deaf Lover No Yes No £300 9s 54% N/A
23 Dec 1783 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Deaf Lover No No No £78 13s 6d 21% N/A
04 Feb 1784 Drury Lane Measure For Measure, The Deaf Lover No No No £171 6d 48% N/A
24 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Tancred And Sigismunda, The Deaf Lover, The Sportmen's Return No No Yes £324 1s 47% N/A
08 May 1784 Drury Lane Douglas, The Deaf Lover No No No £225 18s 76% N/A
25 May 1784 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Deaf Lover, The Jovial Sailors No No Yes £216 16s 25% N/A
09 May 1785 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Deaf Lover, The Sportsmen's Return No No Yes £144 6s N/A N/A
19 Jan 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Deaf Lover No No No £236 5s 6d 49% N/A
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