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 %
30 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £269 15s 55% N/A
04 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, The Sons of Anacreon, The Romp, Catches and Glees, Anacreontic Song, Imitative Song No No Yes £316 4s 6d 44% N/A
17 Apr 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp, The Lucky Return, The Cockney Hunt or Easter monday's Chace through Epping Forest No No Yes £302 15s 6d 38% N/A
25 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Lord Of The Manor, The Romp, The Sailors' Revels, Collin Cur'd Of Roving, Mad Bess No No Yes £284 5s 6d 48% N/A
27 Apr 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £220 15s 6d 63% N/A
05 May 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp, Nancy of the Dale, The Bucks of The Field No No Yes £333 18s 40% N/A
12 May 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £225 2s 6d 54% N/A
16 May 1786 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £163 14s 53% N/A
18 May 1786 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Romp No No Yes £211 6s 6d 68% N/A
24 May 1786 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Romp, The Minuet de la Cour, Sweet, O Sweet!, Allemande, Hunting Song, Niddity Nod No No Yes £300 6d 55% N/A
25 Sep 1786 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Romp No No No £194 16s 100% N/A
27 Sep 1786 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter, The Romp No No No £194 9s 100% N/A
30 Sep 1786 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Romp No No No £219 15s 100% N/A
02 Oct 1786 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Romp, The Piping Pedlar No No No £195 6s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1786 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Romp No No No £222 13s 6d 100% N/A
16 Oct 1786 Covent Garden Richard Coeur De Lion, The Romp No No No £249 12s 6d 56% N/A
17 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £244 1s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £163 2s 6d 43% N/A
23 Nov 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £157 7s 6d 44% N/A
16 Dec 1786 Drury Lane A School For Grey Beards, The Romp No No Yes £179 11s 6d N/A N/A
29 Jan 1787 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Romp, La Soiree Provencalle No No Yes £344 17s 6d 41% N/A
08 Feb 1787 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Romp, La Soiree Provencalle, Hark! The Lark At Heav'n's Gate Sing No No No £266 9s 6d 54% N/A
20 Mar 1787 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Romp, La Soiree Provencalle, Hark! The Lark At Heav'n's Gate Sing No No Yes £313 40% N/A
29 Mar 1787 Drury Lane All In The Wrong, The Romp No No Yes £293 16s 6d 40% N/A
21 Apr 1787 Drury Lane Isabella, The Romp No No No £208 9s 6d 56% N/A
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