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 %
06 Dec 1792 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £112 6s 33% N/A
19 Dec 1792 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Prisoner No No No £194 2s 29% N/A
29 Apr 1794 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, The Children In The Wood No No No £324 5s 6d 68% N/A
09 Jun 1794 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Lodoiska No No No £318 1s 84% N/A
20 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him, Tit for Tat No No No £117 12s 46% N/A
13 Feb 1795 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Alexander the Great No No No £263 11s 81% N/A
29 Feb 1796 Drury Lane The Inconstant, Harlequin Captive No No No £187 2s 44% N/A
31 Mar 1796 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Devil to Pay No No No £230 1s 6d 46% N/A
06 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Prize No No No £462 3s 59% N/A
07 May 1798 Drury Lane Hannah Hewit Or The Female Crusoe, The Inconstant, The Son in Law, The Sailor's Consolation No No Yes £514 1s 6d 76% N/A
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