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 %
11 Feb 1734 Covent Garden The Cheats Of Scapin, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1735 Covent Garden The Cheats Of Scapin, The Toy Shop, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Rover, The Cheats of Scapin, Harlequine, Scots dance No No Yes £150 17s N/A N/A
30 Mar 1736 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Cheats of Scapin, Tambourine, Two Pierrots No No Yes £172 3s 6d N/A N/A
15 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Cheats of Scapin, Peasant, French Peasants, Shepherd and Shepherdess No No Yes £197 13s 6d N/A N/A
28 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The False Friend, The Cheats of Scapin No No Yes £44 10s N/A N/A
10 May 1736 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Cheats of Scapin, Two Pierrots, Harlequine, Sailors from Orestes, Tambourine No No Yes £145 14s N/A N/A
14 May 1736 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Cheats of Scapin, New Serious Dance, Chancon a Boire, New Comic Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £172 16s 6d N/A N/A
24 May 1736 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Ballet, Glover's Sailors Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £129 3s N/A N/A
27 May 1736 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Cheats of Scapin, Peasant Dance, Sailors Dance No No Yes £118 19s 6d N/A N/A
28 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Cheats of Scapin, Two Pierrots, Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1737 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Cheats of Scapin, Two Pierrots, Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1737 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Cheats of Scapin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, Crowns of Sweet Roses, Glover's Dance of Sailors, As I Saw Fair Clara, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Cheats of Scapin, Clown, Grand Comic Dance, Minuet, Scots Dance, The Kilkenny, The Louvre No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Cheats of Scapin, Peasant, As I Saw Fair Clara, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Cheats of Scapin, Serious Dance, Grecian Sailor, Minuet, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1738 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Cheats of Scapin, French Sailors, Peasant, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde, Scots Dance, Two Pierrots, Wooden Shoes Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1738 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1739 Covent Garden The Royal Convert, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, French Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1739 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1740 Covent Garden The Cheats Of Scapin, Orpheus and Eurydice No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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