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 %
28 Dec 1804 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Old Harlequin's Fire-side, Sultan No No No £188 16s 6d 42% N/A
07 Jun 1805 Drury Lane Venetian Outlaw, Sultan, Youth, Love & Folly No No Yes £83 12s 6d N/A N/A
20 Jun 1805 Drury Lane The Spoiled Child, The Sultan, The United Britons, Imitations, Moly Astore, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, Sweet Echo No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1805 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Sultan No No No £145 16s 6d 28% N/A
12 Nov 1805 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, Nelson's Glory, a loyal musical impromptu, The Sultan No No No £193 3s 6d 34% N/A
03 Jun 1808 Drury Lane The Duenna, Just Like Love, The Sultan, The Wolfe, Alas! Poor Shepherd, The Friar of Orders Grey, Slow Broke the Light No No Yes £422 1s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1808 Drury Lane Siege of St Quintin, Sultan No No No £243 11s 6d 56% N/A
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