The Provokd Wife (1697)

Author
Sir John Vanbrugh
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
£16,091 13s 6d £2,477 18s (15.4%) £13,613 15s 6d (84.6%)
1732 - 1809
£16,091 13s 6d - (100%) £2,477 18s (15.4%) £13,613 15s 6d (84.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
240 94 146
1732 - 1809
240 94 146
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, Flora, Tambourine, Dutch Dance Yes No No £136 8s 6d N/A N/A
15 Feb 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Chi Nacque Alle Pene, Lusingo Piu Cara, O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?, Tis' Liberty, Dear Liberty Alone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The What Dye Call It, Ellen A Roon Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
25 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Lying Valet, Savoyards, Pastoral Dance Yes No Yes £210 N/A N/A
03 May 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Lottery No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Miller of Mansfield Yes No No £124 10s 100% N/A
22 Dec 1748 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet No No No £126 1s 6d N/A N/A
02 Feb 1749 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet, New Scotch Dance Yes No No £116 15s N/A N/A
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