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
£18,056 17s 6d £17,011 16s (94.2%) £1,045 1s 6d (5.8%)
1732 - 1809
£18,056 17s 6d - (100%) £17,011 16s (94.2%) £1,045 1s 6d (5.8%)
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 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Death of Captain Cook, The Farmer No No No £260 12s 59% N/A
23 Mar 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, Robin Hood, The Piping Pedlar No No No £216 6s 58% N/A
09 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, Cymon, Tambourine Dance No No No £163 13s 6d 62% N/A
15 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, Marian, The Deserter No No No £179 15s 6d 55% N/A
23 Apr 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Farmer, The Deserter No No No £181 3s 69% N/A
20 May 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel, The Guardian Outwitted No No Yes £128 11s 64% N/A
04 Jun 1790 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, The Dramatist, Nootka Sound or Britain Prepar'd No No No £150 2s 87% N/A
03 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Dramatist, The Provocation No No No £168 15s 50% N/A
10 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Dramatist, The Death of Captain Cook No No No £197 4s 6d 42% N/A
17 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Highland Reel No Yes No £374 13s 61% N/A