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 %
07 Dec 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1766 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens, Tambourine, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1766 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £220 18s 55% N/A
27 Feb 1767 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £167 2s N/A N/A
18 May 1767 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Dragon of Wantly, New Pantomime Ballet, The Wapping Landlady Yes No Yes £209 6d N/A N/A
17 Mar 1768 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Irish Haymakers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, He Would if He Could or An Old Fool Worse than Any, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Padlock, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £199 2s 6d 41% N/A
15 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Man of Quality, The Mountaineers No No Yes £276 15s 6d 30% N/A
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