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 %
21 Nov 1735 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Rape of Proserpine, Peasant, Dance of Sailors, Faithful Shepherd, Two Pierrots No No No £68 17s N/A N/A
18 Dec 1735 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Dance of Sailors, Comic Dance, French Peasants, Scots Dance No No No £17 9s 6d N/A N/A
31 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Royal Chace Yes No No £141 6s N/A N/A
05 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin Restord, Russian Sailor, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Mock Lawyer, Tambourine, Harlequine, Peasant, Shepherd and Shepherdess, Two Pierrots Yes No Yes £206 16s 6d N/A N/A
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
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