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 %
31 Oct 1775 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Padlock Yes No No £217 19s 6d N/A N/A
11 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Mans The Master, The Padlock, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Padlock No No No £188 9s 6d N/A N/A
23 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Padlock, The Irish Fair No No No £247 17s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Padlock No No No £283 6s 6d N/A N/A
17 Feb 1776 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Padlock No No Yes £73 10s N/A N/A
30 Apr 1776 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Padlock No No No £281 7s 6d N/A N/A
17 May 1776 Drury Lane George Barnwell, The Padlock, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £37 3s 6d N/A N/A
22 May 1776 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Padlock, The Pilgrim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1776 Covent Garden News From Parnassus, She Stoops to Conquer, The Padlock No No No £217 12s 6d 100% N/A
02 Oct 1776 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Padlock No No No £265 8s 100% N/A
02 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Padlock, New Rural Ballet, Mirth and Jollity No No No £186 1s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Padlock, The Merry Sailors No No No £133 1s 6d 42% N/A
12 Nov 1776 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Padlock, Mirth and Jollity, Dance of Foresters No No No £125 15s 6d 50% N/A
28 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Padlock No No No £187 15s 6d 65% N/A
08 Jan 1777 Drury Lane Semiramis, The Padlock No No Yes £276 12s 42% N/A
20 Mar 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, The Padlock, The Villagers No No No £238 9s 51% N/A
23 May 1777 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Padlock, New Comic Dance No No Yes £278 12s 8% N/A
31 May 1777 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Padlock No No No £183 13s 100% N/A
07 Jun 1777 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Padlock No No No £185 7s 6d 100% N/A
22 Sep 1777 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Padlock No No No £187 13s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1777 Covent Garden Know Your Own Mind, The Padlock, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £180 15s 6d 100% N/A
12 Nov 1777 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Padlock No No No £267 15s 59% N/A
12 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Padlock No No No £239 19s 6d 55% N/A
09 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Padlock, Rural Grace No No No £280 17s 6d 61% N/A
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