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 %
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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