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 %
02 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Fortunatus No No No £130 N/A N/A
13 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
03 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Mercury Harlequin No No No £210 N/A N/A
12 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Englishman in Paris, The Italian Peasants No No No £130 75% N/A
01 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Mock Doctor, The Market No No No £200 73% N/A
17 Jan 1758 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Queen Mab No No No £200 73% N/A
10 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, New Spanish Dance, New Comic Dance No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
14 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The King and the Miller, Spanish Dance No No No £151 7s 70% N/A
31 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Mock Doctor, The Prussian Camp No No No £197 13s 64% N/A
22 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Virgin Unmasked, The Prussian Camp Yes No No £196 1s N/A N/A
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