The Road to Ruin (1792)

Author
Thomas Holcroft
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
£23,363 3s £22,994 8s (98.4%) £368 15s (1.6%)
1732 - 1809
£23,363 3s - (100%) £22,994 8s (98.4%) £368 15s (1.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
91 90 1
1732 - 1809
91 90 1
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Oct 1798 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Spoiled Child No No No £218 2s 6d 100% N/A
07 May 1799 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, Tagg in Tribulation, Poor Vulcan, Old Towler, Imitations, The Beggar's Song No No Yes £392 3s 61% N/A
02 Oct 1799 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, Lock and Key No No No £307 14s 100% N/A
03 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Volcano No No No £177 9s 6d 51% N/A
11 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Turnpike Gate, New Hornpipe, The Little Farthing Rushlight, Scotch Pas Deux No No Yes £384 4s N/A N/A
15 Oct 1800 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, Robin Hood No No No £289 15s 6d 100% N/A
06 Jun 1801 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, The Sea-side Story No No Yes £458 18s 6d 29% N/A
24 Oct 1801 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, The Escapes; or, The Water Carrier No No No £200 11s 6d 52% N/A
08 Jun 1802 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, The Deserter of Naples, The Ghost No No Yes £440 6d 20% N/A
31 Dec 1802 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, Harlequin's Habeas; or, the Hall of Spectres No No No £267 11s 51% N/A
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