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 %
11 Feb 1801 Covent Garden The Poor Gentleman, The Padlock No No No £282 17s 67% N/A
04 Jun 1801 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Padlock No No Yes £492 1s 22% N/A
19 Jun 1802 Covent Garden Lover's Vows, The Padlock No No Yes £423 7s 6d N/A N/A
26 Mar 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire Side, The Padlock No No No £465 5s 63% N/A
12 Oct 1803 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Padlock No No No £360 13s 6d 100% N/A
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
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