The School for Arrogance (1791)

Author
Thomas Holcroft
Author
Philippe Néricault Destouches
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
£3,685 17s 6d £3,685 17s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£3,685 17s 6d - (100%) £3,685 17s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
18 18 0
1732 - 1809
18 18 0
Notes
Based on Philippe Néricault (Destouches) 'Le Glorieux' (1732).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
13 Nov 1793 Covent Garden The Siege Of Berwick, Annette and Lubin, The School For Arrogance No No No £284 6s 6d 100% N/A
20 Nov 1793 Covent Garden The School For Arrogance, Modern Antiques, Mother Shipton Triumphant, Burlesque Pas des Russe, God Save the King, Hornpipe No Yes No £521 11s 100% N/A
15 Feb 1794 Covent Garden The Castle Of Andalusia, The School For Arrogance No No No £208 19s 100% N/A
15 May 1794 Covent Garden The Death Of Captain Cook, The School For Arrogance, Netley Abbey No No No £107 18s 20% N/A
06 Feb 1795 Covent Garden The Mysteries Of The Castle, The School for Arrogance No No No £160 7s 6d 48% N/A
12 Jun 1795 Covent Garden The School For Arrogance, Catharine and Petruchio, Harlequin and Faustus, The Mid Watch, Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £354 5s 6d 100% N/A
02 Jun 1796 Covent Garden The Way To Get Un married, The School for Arrogance, Dr Lasts Examination before the College of Physicians, The Shipwreck, Admiral Benbow, Imitations, All on Hobbies, Rule Britannia No No Yes £353 3s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jun 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, Inkle and Yarico, The School for Arrogance, Negro Dance, Young William was a Seaman True, Boxing The Compass, Old Towler No No Yes £348 8s 6d 25% N/A
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