The Way of the World (1700)

Author
William Congreve
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
£15,981 11s 6d £4,333 8s 6d (27.1%) £11,648 3s (72.9%)
1732 - 1809
£15,981 11s 6d - (100%) £4,333 8s 6d (27.1%) £11,648 3s (72.9%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
214 101 113
1732 - 1809
214 101 113
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
06 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Betty Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1732 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Betty, Les Bergeries No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Way of the World No No No £115 N/A N/A
08 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, French Peasant, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No No £61 7s 6d N/A N/A
09 Dec 1732 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, French Peasant, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No No £67 12s 6d N/A N/A
04 Jan 1733 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Cephalus and Procris Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1733 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Boarding School Romps Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1733 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Grand Dance of Fawns, Minuet, Scottish Dance, Tambourine, The Louvre No No Yes £193 6d N/A N/A
06 Oct 1733 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Tambourine, Scottish Dance, Swedish Dal Karl No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1734 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Scots Dance, French Sailor and his Lass, Pigmalion, The Nassau No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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