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
£19,792 5s 6d £5,319 4s 6d (26.9%) £14,473 1s (73.1%)
1732 - 1809
£19,792 5s 6d - (100%) £5,319 4s 6d (26.9%) £14,473 1s (73.1%)
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 %
16 May 1754 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The King and the Miller, The Pierrots Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1754 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Li Pescatori Italiana, or the Italian Fishermen, Il Maestro di Cappella, or the Music Master No No No £70 N/A N/A
25 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Proteus Yes No No £110 N/A N/A
13 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1755 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
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