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 %
16 May 1754 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The King and the Miller, The Pierrots Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1754 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Li Pescatori Italiana, or the Italian Fishermen, Il Maestro di Cappella, or the Music Master No No No £70 N/A N/A
25 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Proteus Yes No No £110 N/A N/A
13 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1755 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
01 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The What Dye Call It No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lover His Own Rival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1757 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Flora No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Sep 1757 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Lottery No No No £57 2s 6d 100% N/A
15 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £43 6d 35% N/A
16 Mar 1758 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens, Cymon And Iphigenia Yes No Yes £310 N/A N/A
06 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, The Prussian Camp No No No £110 60% N/A
18 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No £65 15s 6d 100% N/A
13 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab, The Spanish Dance No No No £121 18s 6d 72% N/A
14 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab, The Prussian Camp No No No £144 1s 66% N/A
11 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Fortunatus No No No £164 18s 67% N/A
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