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 %
10 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab, Hornpipe Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
01 Feb 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
27 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Anatomist No No Yes £90 N/A N/A
09 May 1751 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Anatomist, Comic Dance Yes No No £80 100% N/A
22 Oct 1751 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World No Yes No £200 N/A N/A
19 Nov 1751 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Shepherds Lottery, Comic Dance No No No £100 N/A N/A
20 Dec 1751 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Shepherds Lottery, Les Caprices de la Dance, Comic Dance No No Yes £70 N/A N/A
20 Jan 1752 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin Ranger, Les Caprices de la Dance, Comic Dance No No No £100 N/A N/A
05 Feb 1752 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab, Comic Dance Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
29 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Don Quixote, Hornpipe, Elogium to Shakespeare, Comic Dance No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
10 Oct 1752 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Chaplet, The Matelot Basque, Comic Dance No No No £50 N/A N/A
16 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Fair, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1753 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Genii No No No £170 N/A N/A
31 Jan 1753 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Genii No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
21 Feb 1753 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Genii No No No £130 N/A N/A
28 Apr 1753 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
08 Oct 1753 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The King and the Miller No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab, Gipsey Tambourine No No No £50 N/A N/A
19 Nov 1753 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1754 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Fortunatus No No No £110 N/A N/A
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