Sweet Bird ()

Composer
George Frederic Handel
Work Type
N/A
Genre
Song
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
£3,095 11s £2,217 11s (71.6%) £878 (28.4%)
1732 - 1809
£3,095 11s - (100%) £2,217 11s (71.6%) £878 (28.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
18 10 8
1732 - 1809
18 10 8
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
08 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode Or Sir Fopling Flutter, The Virgin Unmasked, Sweet Bird, The Italian Peasants, Ballet, Elin A Roon No Yes Yes £230 N/A N/A
20 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor, Sweet Bird, Concerto, The Italian Peasants, War He Sung was Toil and Trouble, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
30 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Double Gallant, The Lottery, Sweet Bird, New Serious Dance, Le Boufon, The Early Horn No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, The Italian Peasants, Bumper Squire Jones, Le Boufon, Sweet Bird Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
28 Apr 1742 Drury Lane The Orphan, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Sweet Bird, Running Footman's Dance, War He Sung was Toil and Trouble Yes No Yes £78 N/A N/A
16 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Fortunatus, Sweet Bird Yes No No £100 43% N/A
27 Apr 1764 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Contrivances, Sweet Bird, The Provancalle No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1764 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Catharine and Petrucio, Dance of Slaves, Sweet Bird, Packet of News, The CowKeepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Englishman in Paris, Concerto on violin, The Whim, Sweet Bird, Hornpipe No No Yes £153 13s 6d N/A N/A
28 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Lady Of The Manor, Rosina, Leap Year, Sweet Bird No No Yes £365 3s 6d 51% N/A
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