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 %
21 May 1778 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, Mother Shipton No No Yes £243 4s 6d 36% N/A
03 Oct 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Lyar, The Strength of Love No No No £160 14s 100% N/A
25 Nov 1778 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Camp No No No £161 18s 6d N/A N/A
01 Jan 1779 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Irish Widow, The Coopers No No No £82 17s 6d N/A N/A
19 Nov 1779 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, The Elopement No No No £82 1s 40% N/A
07 Feb 1780 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Fortunatus No Yes No £262 18s 6d 57% N/A
21 Apr 1781 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Who's the Dupe, Minuet de la Cour, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms No No Yes £201 12s 38% N/A
04 May 1781 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Fortunatus, Hornpipe, Tally Ho! No No Yes £226 3s 23% N/A
22 Sep 1781 Drury Lane A School For Fathers, Robinson Crusoe No No No £153 6s 100% N/A
02 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Lionel And Clarissa, Retaliation No No No £134 19s 6d 37% N/A
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