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 %
27 Oct 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Feb 1785 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1785 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Sultan, The Recruiting Serjeant, Grand Dance No No No £192 4s 41% N/A
07 Dec 1785 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, The Sultan, The Merry Sailors, The Piping Pedlar No No No £193 9s 46% N/A
02 Feb 1786 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, The Recruiting Sergeant, The Piping Pedlar No No No £254 18s 47% N/A
11 Mar 1786 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Sultan, The Recruiting Sergeant No No No £216 15s 6d 58% N/A
09 Feb 1787 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Sultan, The Wapping Landlady, Grand Dance No No No £127 13s 44% N/A
15 Feb 1787 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio, La Soiree Provencalle No No No £142 3s 6d 40% N/A
17 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Sultan, La Soiree Provencalle No No No £189 18s 42% N/A
19 Feb 1787 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan No No No £235 10s 6d 42% N/A
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