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 %
22 Jan 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Horse and the Widow, The Volcano No No No £238 13s 29% N/A
06 Feb 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Ghost, The Spoiled Child No No No £154 4s 21% N/A
17 Mar 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Devil to Pay, Raymond and Agnes No No No £185 6s 6d 39% N/A
15 May 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Follies of a Day, St. David's Day, Time Has Not Thined My Flowing Hair, Imitations, Fat Dolly The Cook, The Advantage of Toping, The Anchor Smiths, This Life is Like a Country Dance No No Yes £375 15s 16% N/A
06 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Deserter of Naples, St. David's Day, Raro Raro, By the Gaily Circling Glass, The Wind Blew Fresh and Fair No No Yes £322 8s 25% N/A
23 Oct 1800 Covent Garden Daphne and Amintor, The Birth-Day, Lock and Key No No No £112 15s 35% N/A
23 Apr 1801 Covent Garden The Birth Day, Paul and Virginia, The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England No No Yes £635 7s 6d 39% N/A
03 Jun 1801 Covent Garden Paul and Virginia, The Birth Day, Il Bondocani No No Yes £268 7s 42% N/A
25 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Birth Day, Perouse; or, The Desolate Island No Yes No £484 8s 6d 54% N/A
13 May 1802 Covent Garden The Birth Day, Il Bondocani, Brazen Mask; or, Alberto and Rosabella No No No £158 10s 6d 35% N/A
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