The Sultan; or A Peep into the Seraglio (1775)

Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Composer
Charles Dibdin
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£21,952 11s 6d £6,588 8s 6d (30%) £15,364 3s (70%)
1732 - 1809
£21,952 11s 6d - (100%) £6,588 8s 6d (30%) £15,364 3s (70%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
107 34 73
1732 - 1809
107 34 73
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Jun 1802 Covent Garden The Man of the World, The Sultan No No Yes £369 8s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Will, The Sultan, The Dairy Maids and Generous Tars No No Yes £78 8s 6d N/A N/A
26 Jun 1802 Covent Garden The Cabinet, The Sultan, The Dairy Maids and Generous Tars No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Castle Spectre, The Sultan No No No £192 4s 48% N/A
24 Feb 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Sultan No No No £366 16s 54% N/A
14 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Sultan No No No £257 15s 35% N/A
18 May 1804 Covent Garden Family Quarrels, The Sultan; or, a Peep into the Seraglio, The Death of Capt. Cook, in the Island of O-Why-E No No Yes £319 12s 6d 68% N/A
21 Jun 1804 Covent Garden The Cabinet, The Sultan No No No £126 9s 6d 100% N/A
17 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Sultan No No No £234 18s 6d 44% N/A
08 Dec 1804 Covent Garden Douglas, The Sultan No No No £576 17s 6d 61% N/A
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