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 %
28 Oct 1797 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, A Divertisement, Englands Glory, Ballet No No No £252 14s 6d 45% N/A
09 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Divertisement, Englands Glory, Ballet, Triple Hornpipe No No No £193 6s 6d 38% N/A
18 Dec 1797 Covent Garden The Mysteries Of The Castle, A Divertisement, Ballet No No No £144 6d 27% N/A
28 Apr 1798 Covent Garden Hamlet, Hooly and Fairly or The Highland Lad and Lowland Lass, A Divertisement, Highland Reel, Dirge, Andrew And His Cutty Gun, Ballet, Highland Laddy, Hooly and Fairly, Katharine Ogie, The Little Farthing Rushlight, Todlen Hame, Tulloch Goram No No Yes £230 19s 6d 37% N/A
11 May 1798 Covent Garden England Preservd, The Maid of the Mill, A Divertisement, Ballet No No No £59 6d 26% N/A
16 Mar 1799 Covent Garden Five Thousand A Year, A Divertisement, Catherine and Petruchio, Ballet, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £542 6d 51% N/A
25 Mar 1799 Covent Garden A Divertisement, Five Thousand a Year, The Magic Oak No No No £337 18s 51% N/A
27 Mar 1799 Covent Garden A Divertisement, Five Thousand a Year, The Magic Oak, Ballet No No No £247 8s 6d 47% N/A
10 Apr 1799 Covent Garden A Divertisement, The Birth Day, The Jew and the Doctor, Ballet No No No £176 17s 54% N/A
13 Apr 1799 Covent Garden A Divertisement, The Birth Day, Raymond and Agnes or The Castle of Lindenbergh, Ballet No No No £239 3s 6d 61% N/A
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