Theatronomics

The Cheats of Scapin (1676)

Mainpiece

Comedy

Spoken Drama

Adapted from Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin (1671).

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

1732

1809

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
11 May 1763	Covent Garden	The Careless Husband, The Cheats of Scapin, The Drunken Peasant, The French Gardeners	No	No	Yes	Unknown	N/A	N/A
26 May 1763	Covent Garden	Romeo And Juliet, The Cheats of Scapin, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skippers	No	No	Yes	Unknown	N/A	N/A
07 Oct 1763	Covent Garden	Alls Well That Ends Well, The Cheats of Scapin, The Sicilian Peasants	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
21 Sep 1764	Covent Garden	Romeo And Juliet, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
08 Dec 1764	Covent Garden	Love In A Village, The Cheats of Scapin, La Femme Maitresse	Yes	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
23 Mar 1765	Covent Garden	Love In A Village, Cheats of Scapin, Blind Mans Buff	Yes	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
03 Oct 1765	Covent Garden	The Royal Convert, The Cheats of Scapin, The Garland	No	No	No	Unknown	N/A	N/A
24 Apr 1770	Covent Garden	The Unhappy Favorite Or The Earl Of Essex, The Cheats of Scapin, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe	No	No	Yes	£160 16s	N/A	N/A
01 May 1770	Covent Garden	Tom Jones, The Cheats of Scapin, Minuet, In the Shady Blest Retreat, Allemande, Tambourine, The Old Ground Young	No	No	Yes	£177 5s	N/A	N/A
11 May 1772	Covent Garden	Cato, The Cheats of Scapin, The Wapping Landlady, Sixfold Hornpipe	No	No	Yes	£150 8s	56%	N/A

Performances

Commands

Covent Garden

The Careless Husband, The Cheats of Scapin, The Drunken Peasant, The French Gardeners