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 %
29 May 1789	Covent Garden	The Comedy Of Errors, The Feast of Anacreon, The Cheats of Scapin, Tom Thumb	No	No	Yes	£182 8s 6d	35%	N/A
21 Dec 1792	Drury Lane	Jane Shore, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£280 19s	56%	N/A
22 Dec 1792	Drury Lane	The Pirates, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£242 7s	51%	N/A
29 Dec 1792	Drury Lane	The Pirates, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£277 2s 6d	51%	N/A
04 Jan 1793	Drury Lane	Douglas, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£218 5s 6d	46%	N/A
11 Jan 1793	Drury Lane	Know Your Own Mind, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£126 6d	30%	N/A
19 Jan 1793	Drury Lane	The Pirates, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£295 7s	45%	N/A
26 Jan 1793	Drury Lane	Jane Shore, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£140 11s	32%	N/A
11 Feb 1793	Drury Lane	The Pirates, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£249 11s	44%	N/A
16 Feb 1793	Drury Lane	King Lear, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£183 13s	36%	N/A

Performances

Commands

Covent Garden

The Comedy Of Errors, The Feast of Anacreon, The Cheats of Scapin, Tom Thumb