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
£26,182 16s 6d £7,410 11s (28.3%) £18,772 5s 6d (71.7%)
1732 - 1809
£26,182 16s 6d - (100%) £7,410 11s (28.3%) £18,772 5s 6d (71.7%)
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 %
19 Mar 1789 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £172 12s 6d 40% N/A
02 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Sultan, The Death of Captain Cook, Rosina, Grand Dance, Les Jalousies du Serail, Admete Yes No Yes £269 2s N/A N/A
02 May 1789 Covent Garden The Sultan, The Highland Reel, The Romp, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £219 19s 49% N/A
19 Nov 1789 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Sultan, Grand Ballet of Action No No No £218 18s 6d 68% N/A
18 Feb 1790 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio, Grand Dance No No No £239 2s 6d 56% N/A
30 Sep 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio, Grand Dance No No No £254 10s 100% N/A
23 Oct 1790 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Sultan No No No £188 14s 44% N/A
14 Nov 1791 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio, Grand Dance No No No £189 42% N/A
10 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Sultan No No No £421 3s 6d 68% N/A
22 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Sultan No No No £180 51% N/A
17 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Sultan No No No £257 12s 6d 59% N/A
28 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Sultan No No No £294 15s 52% N/A
03 May 1792 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Sultan No No Yes £393 19s 6d 39% N/A
03 Oct 1792 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, The Sultan No No No £314 2s 100% N/A
01 Apr 1793 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Sultan No No Yes £401 17s 48% N/A
17 Apr 1793 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Sultan No No No £119 44% N/A
17 Apr 1793 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, True Blue, The Sultan, Hornpipe, Collins's Ode on the Passions No No Yes £258 16s 6d 56% N/A
20 May 1793 Drury Lane The Pirates, The Sultan No No No £206 1s 60% N/A
01 Jun 1793 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Sultan No No Yes £402 16s 69% N/A
05 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Sultan, When in War on the Ocean No No No £163 6s 100% N/A
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
21 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Sultan, A Trip to the Nore No No No £232 3s 51% N/A
01 Apr 1800 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Sultan, To Welcome Mirth and Harmless Glee, I Have a Silent Sorrow Here No No No £329 17s 6d 60% N/A
23 May 1800 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Sultan, The Blue Bell of Scotland No No Yes £439 11s 6d 84% N/A
13 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Sultan, Hornpipe, Laughing Song, Imitations, The Animated Statue No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1800 Drury Lane Douglas, The Sultan, Robinson Crusoe No No No £203 9s 6d 44% N/A
11 Dec 1800 Drury Lane King John; or, England Invaded, The Sultan No No No £206 43% N/A
28 Mar 1801 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Sultan No No No £412 5s 6d 56% N/A
19 May 1801 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Sultan No No Yes £653 19s 6d 63% N/A
17 Jun 1801 Drury Lane Love in a Village, Sultan, Scotch Ghost No No Yes £59 4s 6d N/A N/A
05 May 1802 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Sultan No No No £403 7s 6d 64% N/A
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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