The Birth-Day (1799)

Author
August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue
Author
Thomas John Dibdin
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£13,214 18s £12,579 19s 6d (95.2%) £634 18s 6d (4.8%)
1732 - 1809
£13,214 18s - (100%) £12,579 19s 6d (95.2%) £634 18s 6d (4.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
45 43 2
1732 - 1809
45 43 2
Notes
Translated from August von Kotzebue
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
08 May 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, The Birth Day, Albert and Adelaide, Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants No No No £264 1s 6d 40% N/A
16 May 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, The Birth Day, Albert and Adelaide, Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants No No No £210 17s 6d 53% N/A
23 May 1799 Covent Garden The Horse And The Widow, The Birth Day, The Jew and the Doctor, Grand Sonata on the Piano Forte, with new Rondo, Lesson of Nicolai No No No £301 5s 6d 100% N/A
10 Jun 1799 Covent Garden Ramah Droog, The Birth Day No No No £151 2s 25% N/A
21 Oct 1799 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Naval Pillar, The Death of Captain Cook, Black Ey'd Susan, A Bundle of Proverbs, An Hungry Fox One Day Did Spy, Britons, Your Country's Gratitude Behold, In Praise of the Tars Who Have Leathered the World, Sir Sydney Smith, The Embarkation, The Navy and Army of Britain Forever, We Come, Ye Guardians of Our Isle, When a Tar Returns Home, When Britain First Her Flag Upreared, When Peace Smiles Around No No No £238 4s 6d 51% N/A
23 Oct 1799 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Death of Captain Cook, The Naval Pillar, Black Ey'd Susan, A Bundle of Proverbs, An Hungry Fox One Day Did Spy, Britons, Your Country's Gratitude Behold, In Praise of the Tars Who Have Leathered the World, Sir Sydney Smith, The Embarkation, The Navy and Army of Britain Forever, We Come, Ye Guardians of Our Isle, When a Tar Returns Home, When Britain First Her Flag Upreared, When Peace Smiles Around No No No £180 1s 6d 43% N/A
20 Nov 1799 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Turnpike Gate No Yes No £483 5s 73% N/A
04 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Horse and the Widow, The Volcano No No No £235 17s 34% N/A
09 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Horse and the Widow, The Volcano No No No £188 5s 6d 48% N/A
14 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Horse and the Widow, The Volcano No No No £236 11s 6d 31% N/A
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