The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8 (1793)

Author
Prince Hoare
Composer
Stephen John Seymour Storace
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£27,039 11s 6d £942 3s (3.5%) £26,097 8s 6d (96.5%)
1732 - 1809
£27,039 11s 6d - (100%) £942 3s (3.5%) £26,097 8s 6d (96.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
111 3 108
1732 - 1809
111 3 108
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Feb 1806 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Prize No No No £307 17s 65% N/A
12 May 1806 Drury Lane Haunted Tower, Prize No No Yes £677 9s 6d 49% N/A
26 May 1806 Drury Lane False and True; or, The Irishman in Italy, The Seven Ages of Shakespeare, The Courtship of Mr O'Rafarty and Miss Molly Malone, The Sprig of Shillelagh and Shamrock So Green, The Fair Circassian, The Prize No No Yes £539 16s 6d 44% N/A
13 Apr 1807 Drury Lane Inkle and Yarico, The Thorn, The Prize, Lovers Who Listen, The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie, Young Henry, England's King And England's Glory, Crazy Jane, Polacca, A new sonata No No Yes £630 1s 6d 49% N/A
27 Apr 1807 Drury Lane The Travellers, Deadly Lively; or The Lady's Nag, Tom Tack's Ghost, The Prize, The Thorn, The Death of General Abercrombie, Lovers Who Listen No No Yes £575 2s 69% N/A
01 Jun 1807 Drury Lane The Dramatist, The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8, The Wood Daemon No No Yes £493 16s 30% N/A
19 Mar 1808 Drury Lane The Chances, The Prize No No No £188 10s 6d N/A N/A
14 Dec 1808 Drury Lane Venoni, Prize No No No £239 58% N/A
11 Apr 1809 Drury Lane John Bull, Prize No No No £99 2s 34% N/A
30 May 1809 Drury Lane Cabinet, Prize No No Yes £300 8s 6d 63% N/A
09 Jun 1809 Drury Lane Honey Moon, Love in a Tub, Prize No No Yes £67 5s 6d N/A N/A
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