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
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
30 Apr 1759 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Englishman in Paris Yes No Yes £130 N/A N/A
26 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Fortunatus No No No £160 58% N/A
18 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Mock Doctor No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
15 Feb 1760 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, High Life Below Stairs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1760 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, Love a la Mode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1760 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, Harlequin Ranger No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1761 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1761 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1761 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, Fortunatus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1762 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Enchanter Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1762 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Musical Lady No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Dragon of Wantly, Les Sabotiers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1762 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Englishman in Paris No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1762 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Genii No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1762 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1763 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Genii Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1763 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1763 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Rape of Proserpine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1763 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Rape of Proserpine, The Jovial Gardeners Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Musical Lady No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1763 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Old Maid, Hornpipe, Minuet, New Comic Dance, The Catalonian Marriage No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Contrivances, The Knife Grinders No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Citizen, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Rites of Hecate, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1765 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, Harlequin's Invasion No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1765 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Thomas and Sally, Hunting Song, Rural Love, Delia No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No £249 11s 6d 60% N/A
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