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 %
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
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