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 %
04 Dec 1792 Drury Lane Know Your Own Mind, The Deaf Lover No No No £69 13s 23% N/A
23 Jan 1793 Drury Lane Cymon, The Deaf Lover No No No £282 14s 6d 45% N/A
25 Feb 1793 Drury Lane Anna, The Deaf Lover No No No £375 16s 6d 53% N/A
31 May 1793 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Deaf Lover, Le Pas Russe No No Yes £466 17s 6d 60% N/A
22 Feb 1794 Covent Garden The Travellers In Switzerland, The Deaf Lover No No No £292 2s 6d 100% N/A
23 Dec 1794 Drury Lane The Cherokee, The Deaf Lover No No No £230 55% N/A
29 Dec 1794 Drury Lane The Cherokee, The Deaf Lover No No No £208 8s 41% N/A
11 Jun 1796 Drury Lane Mahmoud, The Deaf Lover No No Yes £50 10s 6d N/A N/A
15 Jun 1796 Drury Lane Mahmoud, The Deaf Lover No No Yes £106 16s N/A N/A
19 Nov 1796 Covent Garden Abroad And At Home, The Deaf Lover No No No £220 9s 52% N/A
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