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 %
18 May 1787 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, The Romp, A Dissertation on Hobby Horses No No Yes £172 15s 60% N/A
12 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Othello, The Romp No No No £196 7s 100% N/A
08 Apr 1788 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £189 18s 6d 39% N/A
11 Apr 1788 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Romp No No No £142 2s 6d 48% N/A
16 May 1788 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Romp No No No £179 17s 6d 73% N/A
24 May 1788 Drury Lane The Regent, The Romp No No No £142 7s 6d 82% N/A
13 Oct 1788 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Romp, The Capricious Lovers No No No £217 10s 6d 46% N/A
24 Oct 1788 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp, The Capricious Lovers No No No £158 5s 48% N/A
16 Apr 1789 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No Yes £256 8s 30% N/A
25 Apr 1789 Drury Lane False Appearances, The Romp No No Yes £206 2s N/A N/A
02 May 1789 Covent Garden The Sultan, The Highland Reel, The Romp, The Piping Pedlar No No Yes £219 19s 49% N/A
20 May 1789 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Romp No No No £114 1s 36% N/A
13 Mar 1790 Drury Lane Love In Many Masks, The Romp No No No £252 5s N/A N/A
23 Mar 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Romp, Treble Hornpipe, Poor Jack, Or the Sweet Little Cherub No No Yes £249 10s 6d 42% N/A
06 Apr 1790 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Romp, Poor Jack No No Yes £331 16s 6d 32% N/A
20 Apr 1790 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, Mordecai's Beard, The Romp, Treble Hornpipe, Masonic Song No No Yes £320 9s 6d 43% N/A
05 May 1790 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Romp No No No £133 18s 6d 39% N/A
13 May 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Romp No No No £247 9s 71% N/A
07 Oct 1790 Drury Lane King Henry The Fifth Or The Conquest Of France, The Romp No No No £227 16s 100% N/A
23 Oct 1790 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Romp No No No £245 56% N/A
22 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Romp No No No £206 4s 6d 46% N/A
09 Feb 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £255 11s 57% N/A
04 Oct 1791 Drury Lane Poor Old Drury, Know Your Own Mind, The Romp No No No £243 6d 100% N/A
10 Mar 1792 Covent Garden The Road To Ruin, The Romp No No No £301 9s 6d 49% N/A
29 Apr 1793 Drury Lane The Gamester, The Romp No No Yes £548 12s 6d 34% N/A
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