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 %
17 Oct 1765 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1765 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Chaplet, The Venetian Gardeners, Rural Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1766 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Citizen, Hornpipe, The Village Romps Yes No Yes £246 15s 6d 43% N/A
27 May 1768 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Royal Chace, Minuet, Comic Dance No No Yes £146 12s N/A N/A
22 Dec 1768 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Thomas and Sally, The Provenzales, The Reel No No Yes £247 11s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1769 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Apollo and Daphne, The Irish Lilt No No No £177 15s N/A N/A
05 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Dragon of Wantly, The Lamplighters No No No £65 16s N/A N/A
06 Dec 1771 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Fairy Prince No No No £143 1s 37% N/A
25 Feb 1772 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Mother Shipton Yes No No £164 12s 6d 55% N/A
12 Nov 1772 Covent Garden The Inconstant, Daphne and Amintor, The Merry Sailors, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £106 19s 43% N/A
25 May 1773 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Commissary, Hornpipe, Concerto on harpsichord No No Yes £257 1s 6d 63% N/A
18 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Commissary, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £216 5s 51% N/A
18 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Sylphs, The Fingalian Dance, Double Hornpipe No No No £172 13s 40% N/A
04 Nov 1779 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Touchstone No No No £92 17s 6d 31% N/A
03 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The ChristmasTale No No Yes £192 11s 6d 41% N/A
25 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Artifice No No No £48 8s 6d 22% N/A
10 Dec 1787 Covent Garden The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Farmer No No No £198 3s 6d 58% N/A
14 Dec 1787 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Farmer, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £155 17s 6d 75% N/A
05 Nov 1789 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £110 18s 39% N/A
13 Nov 1789 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £172 16s 59% N/A
13 Jan 1790 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £196 17s 32% N/A
27 Jan 1790 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Harlequin's Frolicks No No No £113 7s 28% N/A
20 May 1790 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Court of Apollo, Comus No No Yes £218 5s 36% N/A
04 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, No Song No Supper No No No £207 52% N/A
11 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Follies of a Day No No No £169 10s 6d 43% N/A
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