The Agreeable Surprise (1781)

Author
John O'Keeffe
Composer
Samuel Arnold
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£5,271 6d £3,011 19s (57.1%) £2,259 1s 6d (42.9%)
1732 - 1809
£5,271 6d - (100%) £3,011 19s (57.1%) £2,259 1s 6d (42.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
21 16 5
1732 - 1809
21 16 5
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Jan 1784 Covent Garden More Ways Than One, The Agreeable Surprize No No No £202 17s 6d 48% N/A
08 Apr 1793 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Agreeable Surprise, The Little Farthing Rushlight No No Yes £486 17s 58% N/A
16 Apr 1795 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Agreeable Surprise, The Children in the Wood, The Little Farthing Rushlight No No Yes £681 8s 67% N/A
05 Dec 1795 Covent Garden Speculation, The Agreeable Surprise, Highland Festivity No No No £179 13s 6d 44% N/A
10 Dec 1795 Covent Garden Speculation, The Agreeable Surprise, Highland Festivity No No No £198 8s 6d 45% N/A
08 Nov 1797 Covent Garden A Cure For The Heart Ache, The Agreeable Surprise No Yes No £466 15s 6d 73% N/A
23 Dec 1797 Covent Garden The Way To Get Married, The Agreeable Surprise No No No £105 16s 41% N/A
10 Feb 1798 Covent Garden Secrets Worth Knowing, The Agreeable Surprise No No No £148 15s 6d 35% N/A
27 Sep 1798 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Mill, The Agreeable Surprise No No No £259 6d 100% N/A
20 Oct 1800 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Agreeable Surprise No No No £504 9s 69% N/A
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