Theatronomics

The Cheats of Scapin (1676)

Mainpiece

Comedy

Spoken Drama

Adapted from Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin (1671).

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

Show mainpieces/afterpieces only

1732

1809

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
01 Nov 1757	Covent Garden	The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Fingalian Dance	No	No	No	£79 15s	33%	N/A
21 Nov 1757	Covent Garden	The Committee, The Cheats of Scapin, Jovial Coopers	No	No	No	£64 19s 6d	35%	N/A
28 Nov 1757	Covent Garden	King Henry V, The Cheats of Scapin, Jovial Coopers	Yes	No	No	£74 15s	38%	N/A
10 Dec 1757	Covent Garden	Macbeth, The Cheats of Scapin	No	No	No	£106 11s	39%	N/A
06 Jan 1758	Covent Garden	The Rival Queens, The Cheats of Scapin, Fingalian Dance	No	No	No	£76 15s 6d	35%	N/A
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

Performances

Commands

Covent Garden

The Beggar's Opera, The Cheats of Scapin, Fingalian Dance