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 %
24 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £230 4s 62% N/A
06 Mar 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £175 14s 51% N/A
11 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Captives, The Romp No No No £157 14s 42% N/A
14 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £285 5s 57% N/A
21 Mar 1786 Drury Lane Isabella, The Romp, Epithalamium, A Sketch of the Fashions; or, Belles have ye all No No Yes £325 17s 6d N/A N/A
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
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