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 %
08 Feb 1759 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Englishman Returnd from Paris, Fingalian Dance, The Threshers No No No £66 4s 6d 25% N/A
14 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Fortunatus No No No £158 18s 6d 73% N/A
24 Apr 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Guardian, Johnny and Kate No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
24 May 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
16 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Fortunatus, Sweet Bird Yes No No £100 43% N/A
07 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab No No No £160 52% N/A
08 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £170 48% N/A
19 Feb 1760 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Love a la Mode No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1760 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Lethe, The Drunken Peasant, The Dutch Skipper, The Lamplighters, The Threshers No No Yes £212 12s N/A N/A
10 Oct 1760 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1760 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Enchanter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1761 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Polly Honeycombe, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1761 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Edgar and Emmeline, New Dutch Comic Dance, The Camp Alarm'd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1762 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1762 Drury Lane The Way Of Ye World, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1764 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Rites of Hecate No No No £246 17s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Thomas and Sally, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Chaplet, Blind Mans Buff, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, Tambourine, La Femme Maitresse, The Jealous Woodcutter No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Genii No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Thomas and Sally, Tambourine, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Thomas and Sally, Lecture upon Heads No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Upholsterer, Hornpipe, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1765 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Country Wife, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Catherine and Petruchio, The Venetian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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