The Romp (1786)

Composer
Charles Dibdin
Author
T. A. Lloyd
Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Drama/entertainment
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
£17,260 13s 6d £2,680 9s 6d (15.5%) £14,580 4s (84.5%)
1732 - 1809
£17,260 13s 6d - (100%) £2,680 9s 6d (15.5%) £14,580 4s (84.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
85 12 73
1732 - 1809
85 12 73
Notes
Adapted from Isaac Bickerstaff's 'Love in the City' (1762).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Nov 1785 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Romp No No No £174 6s 41% N/A
24 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Romp, Dance of Spirits No No No £108 11s 6d 49% N/A
28 Nov 1785 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £164 2s 45% N/A
30 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Romp, The Market Day No No No £262 3s 6d 59% N/A
01 Dec 1785 Drury Lane Philaster, The Romp No No No £137 11s 36% N/A
03 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £259 11s 69% N/A
06 Dec 1785 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp, The Market Day No No No £159 19s 6d 43% N/A
09 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £183 15s 6d 58% N/A
13 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £241 10s 57% N/A
23 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No Yes £249 15s 6d N/A N/A
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