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 %
08 May 1736 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, French Peasant, Ball Dance, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes £116 15s N/A N/A
01 Oct 1736 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1736 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Damon and Phillida, French Peasant, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Toy Shop Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Mock Doctor No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1737 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1737 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1738 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Dragon of Wantley, Je ne scai quoi No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1738 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Come Let Us Prepare, Serious Dance, Solo on violin, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoi, Let Masonry be Now My Theme, On on My Dear Brethren, Peasant Dance, Ye Brethren of the Ancient Craft No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1738 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Harlots Progress, Flanderkins, English Maggot, Turkish Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1738 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1738 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Necromancer, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1738 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Robin Goodfellow No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1739 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Rape of Proserpine, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Dragon of Wantley, Hornpipe, The Reprizal, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1740 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1740 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Le Tambourine, Would You Taste the Noontide Air, Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Mock Doctor, Serious Dance, Je ne scay quoy, Minuet, Scotch Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Way Of The World No No No £64 19s N/A N/A
02 Mar 1741 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Mock Doctor, Comic Ballet, Les Matelotes, Tambourine No Yes Yes £187 6s N/A N/A
27 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Comic Dance, Pierots No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
23 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Rural Assembly No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Chacone, Rural Assembly, La Provencale No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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