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 %
09 Jan 1764 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Rites of Hecate No No No £246 17s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Thomas and Sally, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Chaplet, Blind Mans Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, Tambourine, La Femme Maitresse, The Jealous Woodcutter No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Thomas and Sally, Tambourine, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Thomas and Sally, Lecture upon Heads No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1765 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Country Wife, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Catherine and Petruchio, The Venetian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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