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 %
07 Dec 1765 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1766 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Miss in Her Teens, Tambourine, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Dec 1766 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £220 18s 55% N/A
27 Feb 1767 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £167 2s N/A N/A
18 May 1767 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Dragon of Wantly, New Pantomime Ballet, The Wapping Landlady Yes No Yes £209 6d N/A N/A
17 Mar 1768 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Irish Haymakers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1771 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, High Life below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, He Would if He Could or An Old Fool Worse than Any, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Padlock, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £199 2s 6d 41% N/A
15 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Man of Quality, The Mountaineers No No Yes £276 15s 6d 30% N/A
07 Oct 1775 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Theatrical Candidates, The Deserter No No No £265 9s 6d 100% N/A
27 Oct 1775 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Theatrical Candidates, Bon Ton, The Merry Peasants No No No £159 9s 6d N/A N/A
02 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Padlock, New Rural Ballet, Mirth and Jollity No No No £186 1s 6d 100% N/A
31 Dec 1776 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Selima and Azor No No No £167 13s 51% N/A
02 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin's Invasion, The Savage Hunters No No No £238 8s 69% N/A
09 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin's Invasion, The Triumph of Love No No No £217 10s 6d 46% N/A
24 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin's Invasion, The Triumph of Love No No No £160 6d 40% N/A
07 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, All the World's a Stage, The Triumph of Love No No Yes £237 11s 6d 41% N/A
19 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Irish Widow, The Corn Thrashers, Minuet de la Cour, The Irish Fair No No Yes £232 1s 6d 39% N/A
23 Jan 1778 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus No No No £199 14s N/A N/A
27 May 1778 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Harlequin's Invasion, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £198 9s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Camp No No No £251 7s 6d N/A N/A
03 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Camp No No No £201 17s 6d N/A N/A
27 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Britons Strike Home No No Yes £272 4s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1779 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, Comus, Tally Ho!, Sweet Echo No No Yes £214 13s N/A N/A
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