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
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