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 %
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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