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 %
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
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