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 %
15 Jan 1776 Covent Garden Douglas, The Cheats of Scapin, Mirth and Jollity No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1786 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £243 5s 6d 48% N/A
16 Nov 1786 Covent Garden All In The Wrong, The Cheats of Scapin, Dotage or The Natural Mistake No Yes No £271 9s 6d 64% N/A
01 Dec 1786 Covent Garden Fontainbleau Or Our Way In France, The Cheats of Scapin, Dotage, or The Natural Mistake No No No £182 9s 66% N/A
08 Dec 1786 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £179 11s 6d N/A N/A
16 Dec 1786 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Cheats of Scapin, Dotage, or The Natural Mistake No No No £195 17s 6d N/A N/A
08 Jun 1787 Covent Garden The Midnight Hour, The Poor Soldier, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £104 9s 76% N/A
05 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Duenna, The Cheats of Scapin, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £244 19s 6d 54% N/A
06 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £263 11s 6d 57% N/A
18 May 1789 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Death of Captain Cook, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £180 18s 57% N/A
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
26 Feb 1793 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £160 15s 35% N/A
23 Apr 1793 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £129 7s 30% N/A
30 Apr 1793 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Cheats of Scapin No No No £81 19s 23% N/A
07 Jun 1793 Drury Lane The Beaux Stratagem, The Cheats of Scapin, Le Pas Russe, New Comic Dance No No Yes £40 18s N/A N/A
Download Export