Temper; or, The Domestic Tyrant (1809)

Author
Matthew Gregory Lewis
Author
Sir Charles Sedley
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£1,536 7s 6d £0 (0%) £1,536 7s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£1,536 7s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £1,536 7s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
8 0 8
1732 - 1809
8 0 8
Notes
Adapted from Charles Sedley's translation (1702) of David Augustin Brueys and Jean Palaprat's Le Grandeur (1691). Oliver Goldsmith also adapted Sedley in 1773 as 'The Grumbler'.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
No pairings found for the above settings.

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
01 May 1809 Drury Lane Grieving's a Folly, Temper No No No £214 3s 6d 59% N/A
02 May 1809 Drury Lane Greiving's a Folly, Temper No No No £229 1s 6d 52% N/A
03 May 1809 Drury Lane Grieving's a Folly, Love in a Tub, Temper No No No £229 4s 6d 64% N/A
04 May 1809 Drury Lane Grieving's a Folly, Love in a Tub, Temper No No No £194 13s 6d 51% N/A
05 May 1809 Drury Lane Grieving's a Folly, Love in a Tub, Temper No No No £193 4s 42% N/A
06 May 1809 Drury Lane Haunted Tower, Temper No No No £192 3s 6d 53% N/A
10 May 1809 Drury Lane Cabinet, Temper No No No £162 19s 55% N/A
12 May 1809 Drury Lane Grieving's a Folly, Love in a Tub, Temper No No No £120 18s 56% N/A

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