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 %
21 Nov 1785 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Romp No No No £174 6s 41% N/A
24 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Romp, Dance of Spirits No No No £108 11s 6d 49% N/A
28 Nov 1785 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £164 2s 45% N/A
30 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Romp, The Market Day No No No £262 3s 6d 59% N/A
01 Dec 1785 Drury Lane Philaster, The Romp No No No £137 11s 36% N/A
03 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £259 11s 69% N/A
06 Dec 1785 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp, The Market Day No No No £159 19s 6d 43% N/A
09 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £183 15s 6d 58% N/A
13 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £241 10s 57% N/A
23 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No Yes £249 15s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jan 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £194 17s 46% N/A
04 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Romp No No No £147 47% N/A
06 Jan 1786 Drury Lane Cymon, The Romp, Dance of Cupids, Dance of Daemons No No No £121 5s 6d 45% N/A
18 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Romp No Yes No £311 5s 6d 54% N/A
21 Jan 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No Yes £307 N/A N/A
04 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £277 11s 6d 54% N/A
07 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £288 19s 63% N/A
13 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £270 3s 6d 50% N/A
16 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £277 16s 6d 59% N/A
21 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Romp No No No £200 8s 6d 48% N/A
24 Feb 1786 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Romp No No No £230 4s 62% N/A
06 Mar 1786 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Romp No No No £175 14s 51% N/A
11 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Captives, The Romp No No No £157 14s 42% N/A
14 Mar 1786 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Romp No No No £285 5s 57% N/A
21 Mar 1786 Drury Lane Isabella, The Romp, Epithalamium, A Sketch of the Fashions; or, Belles have ye all No No Yes £325 17s 6d N/A N/A
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