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 %
26 Mar 1734 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Clown, English Maggot, Revellers, Watteau No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1734 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Harlots Progress No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1734 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Country House, Tambourine, Richmond Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1734 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1735 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, An Old Man Taught Wisdom, English Maggot, Dutchman and his Frow, Pierrots, Polonese, Russian Sailor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Tit for Tat No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1735 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Toy Shop, La Coquette Francois, Tippling Philosophers, Richmond Maggot, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1735 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, English Clown, Amorous Swain, Drunken Peasant, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1735 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Toy Shop, Handel's Overture to Ariadne, Richmond Maggot, Scots Dance, The Flanderkins No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1735 Covent Garden Way Of The World, The Necromancer No No No £68 1s 6d 100% N/A
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