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 %
12 Dec 1775 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio No No No £143 1s 6d N/A N/A
13 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Matilda, The Sultan Yes No No £178 1s N/A N/A
14 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Zara, The Sultan Yes No No £198 13s 6d N/A N/A
15 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Sultan No No No £139 17s 6d N/A N/A
20 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, The Sailors' Revels No No No £270 12s N/A N/A
21 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Braganza, The Sultan, The Sailors' Revels Yes No Yes £129 9s N/A N/A
14 Feb 1776 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Sultan, The Sailors' Revels No No No £270 6s N/A N/A
19 Feb 1776 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Sultan Yes No No £264 6s N/A N/A
27 Feb 1776 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Dance of The Savage Hunters, The Sultan, The Grand Garland Dance Yes No No £218 15s N/A N/A
04 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Sultan Yes No No £253 18s 6d N/A N/A
20 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Sultan, Diversion a la Mode, Grand Dance, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £241 8s 6d 47% N/A
03 Jan 1783 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Sultan No No No £219 11s 57% N/A
08 Jan 1783 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Sultan No No No £228 1s 62% N/A
10 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Discovery, The Sultan No No No £200 13s 6d 55% N/A
12 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, The Sultan No No Yes £246 15s N/A N/A
21 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, The Sultan, The Merry Sailors No No No £192 10s 6d 42% N/A
06 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £276 17s 6d 50% N/A
11 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, Damon and Musidora, Grand Dance No Yes No £327 14s 64% N/A
15 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rival Knights, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £273 14s 73% N/A
22 Apr 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rival Knights, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £191 10s 6d 49% N/A
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
24 Feb 1787 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Sultan, The Village Archers No No No £199 17s 6d 43% N/A
01 Mar 1787 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Sultan, La Soiree Provencalle No No No £141 14s 6d 37% N/A
22 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Seduction, The Sultan No Yes No £256 13s 54% N/A
24 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Seduction, The Sultan No No Yes £199 13s 6d N/A N/A
27 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Isabella, The Sultan No No Yes £322 8s 6d 47% N/A
31 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Douglas, The Sultan No No No £223 1s 6d 50% N/A
13 Apr 1787 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Sultan, La Soiree Provencalle, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £304 2s N/A N/A
19 Apr 1787 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Sultan No No No £197 5s 49% N/A
01 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio No No No £139 2s 38% N/A
03 Nov 1787 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Sultan No No No £210 47% N/A
07 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Sultan No No No £124 3s 39% N/A
12 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The New Peerage, The Sultan No No No £179 15s 6d 54% N/A
19 Nov 1787 Drury Lane The New Peerage, The Sultan No No Yes £94 14s N/A N/A
16 Apr 1788 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Sultan No No No £161 8s 50% N/A
13 May 1788 Drury Lane The Regent, The Sultan No No No £231 7s 65% N/A
18 Sep 1788 Drury Lane The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Sultan or A Peep into the Seraglio, The Conjugal Frolick No No No £201 1s 6d 100% N/A
19 Nov 1788 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £207 18s 6d 57% N/A
10 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £150 13s 6d 41% N/A
19 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Toy, The Sultan, Fortune's Favor, or The Lovers Lottery No No No £187 13s 6d 68% N/A
02 Mar 1789 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £203 9s 58% N/A
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