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
£17,222 7s £3,167 4s 6d (18.4%) £14,055 2s 6d (81.6%)
1732 - 1809
£17,222 7s - (100%) £3,167 4s 6d (18.4%) £14,055 2s 6d (81.6%)
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 %
08 Jan 1754 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Fortunatus No No No £160 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Damon and Phillida, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1754 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Fortunatus No No No £120 100% N/A
27 Sep 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Proteus No No No £170 N/A N/A
08 Feb 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Proteus No No No £150 N/A N/A
01 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, A Duke and no Duke, The Italian Fishermen, New Comic Dance, Peasant Dance Yes No Yes £170 N/A N/A
27 Oct 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great No No No £170 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Chinese Festival No No No £180 N/A N/A
07 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Apprentice No No No £200 N/A N/A
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