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
£7,563 10s 6d £4,426 15s (58.5%) £3,136 15s 6d (41.5%)
1732 - 1809
£7,563 10s 6d - (100%) £4,426 15s (58.5%) £3,136 15s 6d (41.5%)
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 %
06 May 1755 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Cheats of Scapin, Les Charbonieres No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1755 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Cheats of Scapin, Rule Britannia, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1755 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Cheats of Scapin, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1755 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Cheats of Scapin, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Earl Of Essex, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, The Fingalian Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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