The Dramatist; or, Stop Him Who Can (1793)

Work Type
Mainpiece
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
£16,165 9s £15,764 16s (97.5%) £400 13s (2.5%)
1732 - 1809
£16,165 9s - (100%) £15,764 16s (97.5%) £400 13s (2.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
73 71 2
1732 - 1809
73 71 2
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
15 May 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist Or Stop Him Who Can, The Highland Reel, Imitations No No Yes £291 8s 6d 73% N/A
21 May 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, Rosina, Imitations No No No £166 11s 66% N/A
23 May 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Farmer, Imitations No No Yes £176 3s N/A N/A
07 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist Or Stop Him Who Can, Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia No No No £206 15s 100% N/A
14 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No No No £237 13s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, Love and War, New Tamborine Dance No No No £236 13s 6d 76% N/A
27 Oct 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No No No £177 1s 6d 49% N/A
04 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Farmer No No No £252 17s 77% N/A
11 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Nunnery, Tambourine Dance No No No £247 15s 61% N/A
18 Nov 1789 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No Yes No £452 14s 6d 65% N/A