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 %
27 Oct 1794 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Sultan No No No £304 66% N/A
26 Dec 1794 Drury Lane The Cherokee, The Sultan No No No £217 6s 43% N/A
11 May 1795 Drury Lane Jack Of Newbury, The Triumph of Hymen, The Sultan No No No £221 10s 6d 50% N/A
21 May 1795 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, My Grandmother, The Sultan No No Yes £392 15s 72% N/A
25 Apr 1796 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Sultan, Dirge No No Yes £658 19s 6d 62% N/A
03 May 1796 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Sultan No No Yes £395 8s 6d 52% N/A
25 May 1796 Drury Lane Mahmoud, A Dramatic Cento, The Sultan, Little Peggy's Love, Harmony, Harmony No No Yes £657 12s 61% N/A
09 Jun 1796 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Sultan, Whither, My Love, Ah! Whither Art Thou Fled?, Ah che nel petto io sento, Ally Croker, From Shades of Night, This Fond Sorrow No No Yes £678 10s 6d 100% N/A
14 Jun 1797 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Sultan, The Scotch Ghost No No Yes £579 11s 6d N/A N/A
18 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Sultan No No No £217 17s 57% N/A
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