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
£31,920 13s £17,801 2s 6d (55.8%) £14,119 10s 6d (44.2%)
1732 - 1809
£31,920 13s - (100%) £17,801 2s 6d (55.8%) £14,119 10s 6d (44.2%)
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 %
21 Jan 1778 Covent Garden Alfred, The Padlock, The Villagers No No No £246 47% N/A
29 Sep 1778 Drury Lane The Second Part Of King Henry The Fourth, The Padlock, The Irish Fair No No No £157 4s 6d 100% N/A
07 May 1779 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Padlock, Tally Ho!, Imitations No No Yes £267 4s N/A N/A
12 Oct 1779 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Padlock No No No £189 6s 100% N/A
02 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Times, The Padlock No No No £199 16s 59% N/A
18 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Padlock, Masquerade scene with Dancing, Ellen A Roon, Minuet No No Yes £147 15s 6d 49% N/A
23 May 1780 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Padlock, Triple Hornpipe, The Rakes of Mallow No No Yes £219 2s 6d N/A N/A
10 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Padlock No No No £131 11s 6d 47% N/A
22 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Generous Impostor, The Padlock No No No £197 3s 6d 64% N/A
05 May 1781 Covent Garden The Farmer's Return From London, The Chances, A Fete, The Padlock No No Yes £154 12s 6d 65% N/A
25 Jan 1783 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Padlock No No No £294 12s 6d 53% N/A
19 Sep 1783 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Padlock, The Belle of the Village No No No £201 18s 100% N/A
03 Oct 1783 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Padlock No No No £199 4s 6d 100% N/A
24 Feb 1784 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Padlock No No No £241 4s 6d 48% N/A
02 Mar 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, The Padlock No No No £281 14s 54% N/A
16 Apr 1784 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Padlock, Hornpipe, The Jovial Sailors No No Yes £230 10s 47% N/A
20 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Isabella, The Padlock No No No £210 8s N/A N/A
19 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Padlock No No No £279 16s 100% N/A
28 Oct 1784 Drury Lane Deception, The Padlock No No No £161 2s 6d N/A N/A
23 Dec 1784 Drury Lane The Natural Son, The Padlock No No No £106 14s N/A N/A
27 Jan 1785 Drury Lane Maid Of Honour, The Padlock No No No £269 9s N/A N/A
02 May 1786 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Padlock, The Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No No Yes £215 2s 6d 37% N/A
04 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Padlock No No No £184 13s 100% N/A
11 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Padlock, The Piping Pedlar No No No £184 3s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1786 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Padlock, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing No No No £207 6d 100% N/A
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