Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be (1685)

Author
John Crowne
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
£1,230 7s 9d £524 14s 3d (42.6%) £705 13s 6d (57.4%)
1732 - 1809
£1,230 7s 9d - (100%) £524 14s 3d (42.6%) £705 13s 6d (57.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
34 20 14
1732 - 1809
34 20 14
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Jan 1747 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice, Miss in Her Teens No No No £144 7s 6d 59% N/A
04 May 1747 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice, Phebe, Liberty Alone, Peasant Dance, Come Smiling Liberty, The English Boy, English Girl No No Yes £137 18s 6d N/A N/A
10 Apr 1749 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, Flora, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, The Chaplet, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £80 N/A N/A
18 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice, Queen Mab, Comic Dance, Hornpipe No No No £120 N/A N/A
06 Nov 1753 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, The Chaplet No No No £120 N/A N/A
14 Dec 1753 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice, The Englishman in Paris Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
24 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, The Englishman in Paris, Spanish Dance No No No £115 7s 66% N/A
24 Apr 1760 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, Flora or Hob in the Well, Comic Dance, The Lamp Lighters No No Yes £193 13s N/A N/A
15 May 1760 Covent Garden Sir Courtly Nice, Flora, Comic Dance, The Lamp Lighters No No Yes £226 6s 9d N/A N/A
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