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 %
24 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Henry and Emma, The Capricious Lovers, The Irish Fair No No Yes £213 3s 6d 69% N/A
13 May 1782 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Critic, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £287 15s 62% N/A
06 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Golden Pippin, Diversion a la Mode, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £177 10s 42% N/A
10 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £176 5s 63% N/A
20 Dec 1782 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Sultan, Diversion a la Mode, Grand Dance, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £241 8s 6d 47% N/A
28 Jan 1784 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin Junior No No No £149 18s 33% N/A
12 Feb 1784 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin Junior No No No £87 2s 6d 26% N/A
12 Apr 1784 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, A Fete, The Double Disguise, A Soldier for Me, My Lucy, alas! is no more, Minuet, Time has not thinned my flowing Hair, Tally ho!, We be three poor Mariners, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £305 1s 44% N/A
18 May 1784 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, High Life below Stairs, The Minuet de la Cour, Gramachree Molly, Shepherds, I have lost my love, New Comic Ballet No No Yes £160 6s 6d 31% N/A
11 Nov 1784 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Rosina No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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