A Divertisement (1790)

Composer
Charles Dibdin
Author
John Cartwright Cross
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Interlude
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£12,084 3s £12,084 3s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£12,084 3s - (100%) £12,084 3s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
58 58 0
1732 - 1809
58 58 0
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
27 Apr 1791 Covent Garden Lorenzo, A Divertisement No No No £149 10s 55% N/A
25 May 1791 Covent Garden Wild Oats, A Divertisement No No No £186 12s 6d N/A N/A
19 Sep 1791 Covent Garden The Count Of Narbonne, A Divertisement No No No £174 7s 100% N/A
26 Sep 1791 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, A Divertisement, Solemn Dirge No No No £212 2s 6d 100% N/A
18 Nov 1791 Covent Garden Notoriety, A Divertisement No No No £159 10s 45% N/A
30 Nov 1791 Covent Garden The Prussian Festival, Notoriety, A Divertisement No No No £182 18s 62% N/A
09 Dec 1791 Covent Garden A Day In Turkey, A Divertisement No No No £141 8s 54% N/A
05 Mar 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, A Divertisement No No Yes £289 17s 6d N/A N/A
19 May 1792 Covent Garden Cymbeline, A Divertisement, Divertisement, Hark the Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings, Jeu D'Esprit; or, Jerry Sneak's Intended Law Suit with the Major, My Little Pig Lays Without any Straw, The Ploughboy's Return from The Sea No No Yes £256 7s 34% N/A
21 May 1793 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Relief of Williamstadt, A Divertisement, Sonata from Op. 2 No No Yes £259 6s 6d 51% N/A
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