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 %
15 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Daphne and Amintor, The Italian Bakers Yes No No £106 13s 6d 40% N/A
05 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Cunning Man Yes No No £104 4s 6d 37% N/A
17 Dec 1766 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Old Maid, The Vintage No No Yes £94 11s N/A N/A
05 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Lying Valet, The Vintage No Yes No £244 2s 56% N/A
21 Apr 1767 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Young Couple, Hearts of Oak, The Cries of London, The Tombs of Westminster No No Yes £180 2s 38% N/A
25 May 1767 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Register Office, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £20 8s N/A N/A
28 Nov 1767 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, the Elopement No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1768 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1768 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Absent Man, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Padlock, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Jubilee Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Elopement Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1771 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Ladies' Frolick, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Peep Behind the Curtain No No No £109 7s 6d 44% N/A
30 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Male Coquette, Comic Dance No No Yes £105 6d 27% N/A
11 Dec 1775 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Genii No No No £150 13s 6d N/A N/A
11 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Jubilee No No No £162 16s N/A N/A
03 May 1776 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, A Peep behind the Curtain, Grand Chaconne No No Yes £25 17s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1779 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Quaker, Tally Ho! No No Yes £120 1s 6d N/A N/A
09 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Belphegor or The Wishes No No No £170 7s 6d 100% N/A
28 Oct 1779 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Wonders Of Derbyshire No No No £160 2s 6d 100% N/A
08 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Fortunatus No No No £132 16s 6d 33% N/A
12 Dec 1783 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Ladies' Frolick No No No £85 11s 30% N/A
18 Apr 1786 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, Duke and No Duke, Hogarth's March to Finchley, Four and Twenty Fidlers All on a Row No No Yes £353 72% N/A
25 May 1786 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £300 12s 6d 58% N/A
01 Jun 1787 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Deserter, The Capricious Lovers, The Scheming Jockey and Fortune Teller No No Yes £241 8s 6d 17% N/A
06 Jun 1788 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The First Floor, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No No Yes £192 1s 10% N/A
27 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin Captive No No No £324 14s 6d 54% N/A
01 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, Harlequin Captive No No No £196 4s 49% N/A
06 Apr 1796 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Prize No No No £273 12s 58% N/A
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