Lionel and Clarissa; or, A School for Fathers (1768)

Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Composer
Charles Dibdin
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£9,839 7s £4,986 8s (50.7%) £4,852 19s (49.3%)
1732 - 1809
£9,839 7s - (100%) £4,986 8s (50.7%) £4,852 19s (49.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
67 27 40
1732 - 1809
67 27 40
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
10 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Rival Knights, Cross Purposes No No No £197 7s 100% N/A
22 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Choice of Harlequin No Yes No £315 14s 6d 66% N/A
30 Oct 1783 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Robinson Crusoe, Country Dance, The Pastoral Lovers No No No £199 18s 6d 100% N/A
23 Dec 1783 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Deaf Lover No No No £78 13s 6d 21% N/A
12 Nov 1784 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Harlequin Junior No No No £92 13s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1785 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, High Life below Stairs, The Sportsmen's Return, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £251 7s 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1787 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The First Floor No No No £114 6s 6d 52% N/A
24 Apr 1787 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £117 13s 43% N/A
19 Dec 1787 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Humourist No No No £78 5s 25% N/A
22 Oct 1789 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Humourist or Whos Who No No No £161 7s 100% N/A
13 May 1790 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa Or The School For Fathers, Catherine and Petruchio, Sweet Passion of Love, Overture, Concerto on violin, Duet on the violin and tenor, Hark the Lark at Heaven's Gate No No Yes £251 11s 6d 29% N/A
30 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The School For Fathers, Katharine and Petruchio No No No £110 9s 6d 38% N/A
22 May 1792 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Deserter, Bravura Song, Concerto on grand pianoforte, Se Ti Perdo No No Yes £320 4s 6d 62% N/A
10 May 1798 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, Raymond and Agnes, Dance of Savoyards No No No £97 10s 26% N/A
12 Dec 1807 Drury Lane Lionel and Clarissa, Ella Rosenberg No No No £227 11s 6d N/A N/A
15 Dec 1807 Drury Lane Lionel and Clarissa, Ella Rosenberg No No No £206 9s 6d N/A N/A
05 Jan 1808 Drury Lane Lionel and Clarissa, Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro No No No £245 16s N/A N/A
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