Dr. Last's Examination before the College of Physicians (1780)

Author
Samuel Foote
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
£675 17s 6d £150 2s (22.2%) £525 15s 6d (77.8%)
1732 - 1809
£675 17s 6d - (100%) £150 2s (22.2%) £525 15s 6d (77.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
6 2 4
1732 - 1809
6 2 4
Notes
Taken from Samuel Foote's 'Devil upon Two Sticks' (1780).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, Dr Last's Examination Before the College Of Physicians, The Waterman No No Yes £190 4s 6d 29% N/A
04 May 1790 Drury Lane The College Of Physicians Or Doctor Lasts Examination, The Heiress, The Doctor and the Apothecary, The Greenwich Pensioner No No Yes £232 19s 6d 36% N/A
29 May 1795 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Husband, Doctor Lasts Examination before the College of Physicians, The Poor Sailor or Little Ben and Little Bob, Double Hornpipe, Black Eyed Susan No No Yes £253 6s 6d 31% N/A
02 Jun 1796 Covent Garden The Way To Get Un married, The School for Arrogance, Dr Lasts Examination before the College of Physicians, The Shipwreck, Admiral Benbow, Imitations, All on Hobbies, Rule Britannia No No Yes £353 3s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1801 Drury Lane The School for Scandal, Dr Last's Examination, The Shipwreck No No Yes £557 5s 48% N/A
27 May 1801 Drury Lane The Pirates, Doctor Last's Examination before the College of Physicians, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £438 14s 6d 56% N/A

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