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 %
28 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Widowd Wife, The Padlock, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Padlock, Minuet, Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1769 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Padlock, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1769 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Padlock, The Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1769 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Padlock, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1769 Drury Lane The Revenge, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1769 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Padlock, Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Padlock, New Pantomime Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1769 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1770 Drury Lane Zara, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Siege Of Damascus, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Hypocrite, The Padlock, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1770 Drury Lane False Delicacy, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Herod And Mariamne, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1770 Drury Lane Cymon, The Padlock No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1770 Drury Lane The Double Falsehood, The Padlock, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Padlock, The Rabbit Sellers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Funeral, The Padlock, Hearts of Oak, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1770 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Padlock No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1770 Drury Lane Merope, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Padlock, Comic Dance, Bucks Have At Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1770 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Padlock, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1770 Drury Lane The Committee, The Padlock, Minuet, Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1770 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Padlock Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1770 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Padlock, Minuet, Bucks Have At Ye All, Allemande, The English Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1770 Drury Lane The Double Falsehood, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1770 Drury Lane All In The Wrong, The Padlock, Minuet, Allemande, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1770 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Padlock, The Butterfly Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Padlock Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1770 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1770 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Padlock, The Whim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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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