The Padlock (1768)

Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Composer
Charles Dibdin
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£23,828 12s £12,277 4s (51.5%) £11,551 8s (48.5%)
1732 - 1809
£23,828 12s - (100%) £12,277 4s (51.5%) £11,551 8s (48.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
284 111 173
1732 - 1809
284 111 173
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Feb 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1771 Covent Garden Clementina, The Padlock, The Merry Sailors Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1771 Covent Garden Clementina, The Padlock, The Tartars No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1771 Covent Garden Medea, The Padlock, The Reel No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1771 Covent Garden Timanthes, The Padlock, The Old Ground Young Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1771 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Padlock, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, An Allemande, Cease Gay Seducer, Water Parted from the Sea No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Padlock, Cunning Love Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1771 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Padlock, The Whim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Barbarossa, True Blue, The Padlock No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Timanthes, The Padlock, The Reel Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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