The Cheats of Scapin (1676)

Author
Thomas Otway
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
£9,328 £6,191 4s 6d (66.4%) £3,136 15s 6d (33.6%)
1732 - 1809
£9,328 - (100%) £6,191 4s 6d (66.4%) £3,136 15s 6d (33.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
124 105 19
1732 - 1809
124 105 19
Notes
Adapted from Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin (1671).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
28 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Cheats of Scapin, Two Pierrots, Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1737 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Cheats of Scapin, Two Pierrots, Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1737 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, Crowns of Sweet Roses, Glover's Dance of Sailors, As I Saw Fair Clara, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Cheats of Scapin, Clown, Grand Comic Dance, Minuet, Scots Dance, The Kilkenny, The Louvre No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Cheats of Scapin, Peasant, As I Saw Fair Clara, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Cheats of Scapin, Serious Dance, Grecian Sailor, Minuet, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1738 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Cheats of Scapin, French Sailors, Peasant, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde, Scots Dance, Two Pierrots, Wooden Shoes Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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