The Romp (1786)

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 %
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