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 %
27 Mar 1740 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Cheats of Scapin, Grand Ballet, Comic Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1740 Covent Garden The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, The Cheats of Scapin, Miller and Wife No No No £57 15s 100% N/A
03 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Cheats of Scapin, The Swiss Peasants, Comic Ballet No No No £52 14s 6d 100% N/A
03 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Cheats of Scapin, The Swiss, Comic Ballet, Italian Peasants No No No £75 9s 6d N/A N/A
07 May 1741 Covent Garden The Mistake, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
14 May 1744 Covent Garden Duke And No Duke, The Cheats of Scapin No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Cheats of Scapin, The Peasant Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1753 Drury Lane The Alchemist, An Alteration of Scapin, Dutch Dance, Country Amusements, Le Matelot Basque No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
01 May 1753 Drury Lane Hamlet, Scapin, Scots Dance, Minuet No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
22 May 1753 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, Scapin, Country Amusements No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, Scapin No No No £120 100% N/A
29 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Scapin No No No £170 100% N/A
06 Oct 1753 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, Scapin No No No £120 100% N/A
08 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Cheats of Scapin No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Oedipus, The Cheats of Scapin, Chinese Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Oedipus, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Cheats of Scapin Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Cheats of Scapin, Chinese Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1755 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Cheats of Scapin, Pastoral Dance, Chinese Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Non Juror, The Cheats of Scapin, Chinese Dance, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1755 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Cheats of Scapin, Hornpipe, Comic Entertainment, Minuet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Comus, The Cheats of Scapin, Rule Britannia, Britons Strike Home Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, Italian Peasants, Comic Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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