The Plain Dealer (1676)

Author
William Wycherley
Author
Isaac Bickerstaffe (1765)
Author
John Philip Kemble (1796)
Author
Molière
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£4,822 13s £1,505 2s 6d (31.2%) £3,317 10s 6d (68.8%)
1732 - 1809
£4,822 13s - (100%) £1,505 2s 6d (31.2%) £3,317 10s 6d (68.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
84 20 64
1732 - 1809
84 20 64
Notes
Based on Molière's Le Misanthrope (1666).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
24 Apr 1739 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Grand Ballet, Oh Happy Pair, Ball Dance, Hungarian Dance, Mary Scot, Minuet, Russian Sailors No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1739 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Miller and his Wife, Ethiopians, French Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1739 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Fall of Phaeton, Scots Dance, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, The Lunaticks, The Enchanted Garden No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, Characters of Dancing, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Les Pasteurs Joyeux No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Les Pasteurs Joyeux No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Virgin Unmasked, The Milk Maids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, A Fairy Tale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Thomas and Sally Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Daphne and Amintor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Hermit Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Hermit Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Hermit Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Capricious Lovers, The Irish Lilt, Peasant Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Witches No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Deuce Is in Him, Comic Dance, New Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Country Wife, Thro' the Wood, The Irish Lilt, The Lark's Shrill Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Hermit Yes No No £116 15s 6d 45% N/A
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