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 %
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
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