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 Nov 1786 Covent Garden He Would Be A Soldier, The Padlock, Dotage, or The Natural Mistake No No Yes £182 16s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1787 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Sons of Anacreon, The Padlock No No Yes £281 14s 40% N/A
28 Sep 1787 Covent Garden The Foundling, The Padlock, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £150 3s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1787 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Padlock No No No £145 6s 100% N/A
30 Apr 1788 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Padlock, Leap Year No No Yes £293 10s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1788 Covent Garden The Padlock, Animal Magnetism, The Farmer No No No £170 17s 78% N/A
23 May 1789 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Padlock, The Irish Bird Catchers No No Yes £291 N/A N/A
06 Jun 1789 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Padlock, The Irish Birdcatchers No No Yes £269 14s 38% N/A
15 Sep 1789 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Padlock No No No £112 16s 6d 100% N/A
12 Nov 1789 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Padlock No No No £100 12s 6d 31% N/A
30 Nov 1789 Drury Lane Othello, The Padlock No No No £139 15s 35% N/A
16 Apr 1790 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Padlock, The Wapping Landlady or The Sailor in Distress No No Yes £242 19s 44% N/A
22 Apr 1790 Covent Garden Fontainbleau, The Padlock, The Piping Pedlar, The Knife Grinders Song No No Yes £293 7s 6d 42% N/A
13 Sep 1790 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Padlock, Solemn Dirge No No No £216 9s 6d 100% N/A
10 Feb 1791 Covent Garden The School For Arrogance, The Padlock No No No £196 11s 49% N/A
26 May 1791 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Padlock, Hornpipe No No Yes £69 9s N/A N/A
05 May 1792 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, Linco's Travels, The Padlock, Wine Cannot Cure the Pain I Endure No No Yes £254 18s 6d 23% N/A
01 Jun 1796 Drury Lane Mahmoud, The Padlock No No Yes £326 19s 6d 65% N/A
04 Nov 1800 Covent Garden Life, The Padlock No No No £315 17s 67% N/A
05 Dec 1800 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Padlock No No No £290 17s 6d 67% N/A
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
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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