The Way of the World (1700)

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 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Ghost, Les Delassemens Militaires, Cupid and Psyche No No No £322 9s 56% N/A
31 Jan 1798 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Three Weeks after Marriage No Yes No £329 19s 6d 49% N/A
22 Nov 1800 Drury Lane The Way of the World, Blue Beard No No No £217 10s 6d 44% N/A
02 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The Way of the World, Blue Beard No No No £186 14s 6d 45% N/A