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 %
22 Jun 1804 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Padlock No No Yes £401 2s 100% N/A
03 Dec 1804 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Padlock No No No £488 18s 6d 67% N/A
31 Jan 1805 Covent Garden Lovers' Vows, The Padlock No No No £565 9s 6d 60% N/A
11 Feb 1805 Covent Garden Tancred and Sigismunda, The Padlock No No Yes £505 19s 54% N/A
20 Apr 1805 Covent Garden Zara, The Padlock No No No £467 1s 6d 74% N/A
16 Sep 1805 Covent Garden The School of Reform, The Padlock No No No £250 12s 100% N/A
18 Jun 1807 Covent Garden John Bull, The Padlock No No Yes £422 1s 6d 100% N/A
07 Oct 1807 Covent Garden Cymbeline; King of Britain, Hark, the Lark, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1809 Covent Garden The Poor Gentleman, The Padlock No No Yes £333 6d N/A N/A
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