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 %
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
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