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 %
13 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Jubilee, Tally Ho! No No Yes £205 9s 6d 46% N/A
31 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Quaker No No No £92 10s 6d 39% N/A
20 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus No No No £103 7s 6d 50% N/A
22 Jan 1781 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus No No No £175 3s 6d 40% N/A
08 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Robinson Crusoe No No No £196 9s 44% N/A
07 May 1781 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, A Fete A Medley, The Rival Candidates, Stand to your guns, you heart of oaks, Teague's Journey through London to Coventry No No Yes £301 17s 22% N/A
13 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £91 16s 31% N/A
09 Jan 1782 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Lun's Ghost No No No £207 18s 6d 42% N/A
06 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Maid of the Oaks, Minuet de la Cour No No No £204 7s 6d 51% N/A
01 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Robinson Crusoe, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £115 8s N/A N/A
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