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
£2,936 11s 6d £225 6d (7.7%) £2,711 11s (92.3%)
1732 - 1809
£2,936 11s 6d - (100%) £225 6d (7.7%) £2,711 11s (92.3%)
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 %
06 May 1795 Drury Lane Jack Of Newbury, The Triumph of Hymen, Tit for Tat No No No £269 8s 57% N/A
14 Jun 1796 Drury Lane My Grandmother, Tit for Tat, The Liar, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes £523 2s 100% N/A
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