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 %
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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