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 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, La Coquette, Les Jaloux No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1735 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Flora, Scots Dance, Pigmalion Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1735 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, Peasant, Amorous Swain No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1735 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Richmond Maggot, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Grecian Sailors, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1735 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Necromancer No No No £52 16s 100% N/A
09 Feb 1736 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Royal Chace No No No £97 13s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Flora, Clown, Chancon a Boire, Peasants, Sailors from Orestes No No Yes £109 1s 6d N/A N/A
22 Nov 1736 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Rape of Proserpine, Chancon a Boire No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1737 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Perseus and Andromeda, Chancon a Boire No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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