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 %
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
09 May 1795 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Romp No No No £277 11s 65% N/A
30 Sep 1795 Covent Garden Wild Oats Or The Strolling Gentlemen, The Romp No No No £276 16s 6d 100% N/A
07 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Romp No No No £337 8s 64% N/A
06 May 1796 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Romp No No Yes £595 10s 66% N/A
13 Mar 1797 Covent Garden Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are, Bantry Bay, The Romp No No No £207 6d 52% N/A
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