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 %
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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