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 %
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
16 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £292 9s 6d N/A N/A
15 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Pannel No No No £157 5s 6d 45% N/A
29 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £178 13s 6d 44% N/A
29 Sep 1792 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Waterman No No No £159 19s 100% N/A
20 Nov 1792 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Liar No No No £74 6s 6d 24% N/A
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