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 %
13 Jan 1807 Covent Garden Birth Day, Arbitration, Mother Goose No No No £390 19s 6d 60% N/A
10 Apr 1807 Covent Garden Birth Day, Whistle For It, Mother Goose No No No £247 17s 48% N/A
03 Jun 1807 Drury Lane Birth Day, Devil to Pay, Midas No No Yes £634 18s 6d 33% N/A
17 Jun 1807 Drury Lane The Birthday, The Fair Circassian, The Devil to Pay, The Bay of Biscay O!, The Storm No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1808 Covent Garden The Exile, The Birth Day No No No £356 13s 6d 50% N/A
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