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 %
03 May 1774 Drury Lane The School For Fathers, The Register Office, Hippisley's Drunken Man, The Mountaineers No No Yes £143 5s 6d N/A N/A
29 Apr 1777 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Citizen, Minuet, Tell me, Silvia, why so sad? No No Yes £244 6s 6d 67% N/A
03 Oct 1777 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Royal Chace, The Pilgrim No No No £170 16s 6d 100% N/A
08 Jan 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Queen Mab No No No £181 14s 6d 49% N/A
14 Jan 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Queen Mab No No No £189 7s 6d 40% N/A
16 Jan 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Queen Mab No No No £140 14s 6d 49% N/A
18 Feb 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Queen Mab, Rural Grace No No No £115 5s 6d 31% N/A
19 Mar 1778 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Norwood Gypsies No No No £133 34% N/A
28 Apr 1778 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, The Englishman in Paris, The Poney Races, Minuet No No Yes £237 3s 6d 49% N/A
05 May 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Lyar, The Sailor's Revels No No Yes £209 15s 35% N/A
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