Tit for Tat (1786)

Author
George Colman, the elder
Author
Joseph Atkinson
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£2,160 6s 6d £118 5s 6d (5.5%) £2,042 1s (94.5%)
1732 - 1809
£2,160 6s 6d - (100%) £118 5s 6d (5.5%) £2,042 1s (94.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
12 1 11
1732 - 1809
12 1 11
Notes
Altered from Joseph Atkinson's 'The Mutual Deception' (1785), first performed at Smock Alley Dublin, itself based on Marivaux's 'Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard' (1730).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 May 1788 Drury Lane Seeing Is Believing, Tit for Tat, Nature Will Prevail, The Lyar No No Yes £144 17s 40% N/A
12 May 1788 Covent Garden Tit For Tat, The Nunnery, The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton, Oh Say Bonny Lass Will You Carry a Wallet No No Yes £225 6d 70% N/A
30 Apr 1790 Drury Lane Tit For Tat, Arthur and Emmeline, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £237 7s 46% N/A
03 Jan 1793 Drury Lane The Pirates, Tit for Tat No No No £169 6s 35% N/A
12 Jan 1793 Drury Lane The Pirates, Tit for Tat No No No £317 8s 6d 48% N/A
04 Feb 1793 Drury Lane The Pirates, Tit for Tat No No No £322 4s 6d 41% N/A
14 Feb 1793 Drury Lane The Chapter Of Accidents, Tit for Tat No No No £201 1s 6d 37% N/A
20 Oct 1794 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, Tit for Tat No No No £238 6s 6d 44% N/A
27 Dec 1794 Drury Lane The Cherokee, Tit for Tat No No No £170 18s 43% N/A
20 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, Tit for Tat No No No £117 12s 46% N/A
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