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 Oct 1770 Covent Garden King Henry V, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1770 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Padlock, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1770 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Padlock, Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1770 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Padlock, The Whim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1770 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Padlock, The Reel No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1770 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Confederacy, The Padlock, The Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1770 Drury Lane 'Tis Well Its No Worse, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1770 Drury Lane 'Tis Well Its No Worse, The Padlock No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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