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 %
24 Nov 1790 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Dramatist, A Divertisement No No No £204 12s 51% N/A
08 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Dramatist, Tom Thumb No No No £141 6s 6d 54% N/A
30 Dec 1790 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Picture of Paris No No No £202 12s 51% N/A
20 Jan 1791 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Picture of Paris No Yes No £394 6d 59% N/A
12 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Dramatist Or Stop Him Who Can, The Farmer, The Wapping Landlady No No No £176 9s 6d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1791 Covent Garden Rose And Colin, The Dramatist, The Mayor of Garratt No No No £186 9s 100% N/A
29 Oct 1791 Covent Garden Rose And Colin, The Dramatist, Robin Hood No No No £146 14s 33% N/A
12 Dec 1791 Covent Garden The Prussian Festival, The Dramatist, Oscar and Malvina No No No £173 7s 57% N/A
13 Feb 1792 Covent Garden The Dramatist, The Little Hunchback No Yes No £328 15s 6d 50% N/A
06 Nov 1792 Covent Garden The Dramatist Or Stop Him Who Can, Hartford Bridge, The Wapping Landlady No No No £262 72% N/A