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 %
04 Mar 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Tyrolean Dance, Rural Assembly, Les Amants Heureux No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Orpheus and Eurydice, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Orpheus and Eurydice, Rural Assembly Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jun 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Perseus and Andromeda, Scots Dance, Rural Assembly, La Provencale, Les Savoyardes No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Grand Ballet, Dutch Skipper, Tambourine, The Character of Dancing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1742 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant, The Happy Lovers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1743 Covent Garden The Way Of The World No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1744 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1744 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Le Gondalier, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1745 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1745 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1746 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Peasant, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1746 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Duke and no Duke No No No £34 N/A N/A
24 Jan 1747 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens No No No £170 2s 6d 85% N/A
11 May 1747 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery No No Yes £107 11s 6d N/A N/A
26 Apr 1748 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Apollo and Daphne No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Tea, Foote's Vagaries Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Lethe, Country Amusements, Running Footman's Dance No No No £80 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Country Amusements, Comic Dance, Pigmalion No No No £150 N/A N/A
20 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Lethe, Country Amusements, Comic Dance, Pigmalion No No No £100 N/A N/A
22 Nov 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Mock Doctor, Country Amusements, Comic Dance, Pigmalion No No No £50 N/A N/A
01 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Pigmalion, The Bird Catchers, Comic Dance Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
21 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Anatomist, Country Amusements, Pigmalion Yes No Yes £85 N/A N/A
02 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab, Hornpipe No No No £160 N/A N/A
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