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
£20,844 13s £2,850 7s 6d (13.7%) £17,994 5s 6d (86.3%)
1732 - 1809
£20,844 13s - (100%) £2,850 7s 6d (13.7%) £17,994 5s 6d (86.3%)
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 %
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
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