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 %
07 Mar 1758 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Cheats of Scapin, Sicilian Peasants No No No £124 7s 6d 100% N/A
20 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £61 6s 100% N/A
13 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, The Cheats of Scapin, The Threshers No No No £46 15s 28% N/A
21 Feb 1759 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Cheats of Scapin, The Threshers No No No £71 11s 6d 30% N/A
29 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, Fingalian Dance, The Threshers No No Yes £223 1s 6d N/A N/A
12 May 1759 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Cheats of Scapin, Nymphs and Shepherds, The Milkmaid's Holiday Yes No Yes £20 11s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1759 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Cheats of Scapin, The Prussian Rope Makers No No Yes £179 16s 8% N/A
12 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Hornpipe Yes No No £87 12s 6d 32% N/A
23 Oct 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper, The Threshers No No No £121 4s 42% N/A
07 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skipper No No No £131 7s 48% N/A
21 Nov 1759 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Country Dance, Hornpipe, The Plowman No No No £92 10s 44% N/A
03 Mar 1760 Covent Garden The Jovial Crew, The Cheats of Scapin, The Plowman No No No £139 14s N/A N/A
14 Apr 1760 Covent Garden Comus, The Cheats of Scapin No No Yes £167 4s 6d N/A N/A
26 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Wife's Relief Or The Husbands Cure, The Cheats of Scapin, Hornpipe, A Comic Lecture or Tea a la Mode, British Bucks, The Cries of London, Trip to Carrickfergus Yes No Yes £284 12s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1762 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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