The Inconstant; or, The Way to Win Him (1702)

Author
George Farquhar
Author
John Fletcher
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
£16,268 1s 6d £3,029 19s 6d (18.6%) £13,238 2s (81.4%)
1732 - 1809
£16,268 1s 6d - (100%) £3,029 19s 6d (18.6%) £13,238 2s (81.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
110 40 70
1732 - 1809
110 40 70
Notes
Closely based on John Fletcher's The Wild Goose Chase.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Proteus No No No £190 N/A N/A
31 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, The Running Footmen, Rule Britannia, Comic Dance, Louvre, The Minuet No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
31 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Chinese Festival No No No £200 N/A N/A
01 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Englishman returned from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, Mercury Harlequin No No No £160 N/A N/A
26 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1757 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Reprisal, Hornpipe Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
28 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, Merlin Harlequin Skeleton No No No £79 19s 28% N/A
13 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £61 6s 6d 25% N/A
20 Feb 1758 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Queen Mab, The Prussian Camp No No No £100 51% N/A
05 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £231 2s 61% N/A
26 Mar 1761 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Island of Slaves, The Cow Keepers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Mar 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Apprentice, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Knights, The French Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Citizen, Concerto on hautboy, The Sicilian Peasants Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1764 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Lying Valet, Blind Mans Buff, La Femme Maitresse No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1764 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Harlequin Sorcerer, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1765 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Harlequin Sorcerer, New Turkish Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Lost Picture Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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