The Careless Husband (1704)

Author
Colley Cibber
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
£13,130 19s 6d £5,034 18s (38.3%) £8,096 1s 6d (61.7%)
1732 - 1809
£13,130 19s 6d - (100%) £5,034 18s (38.3%) £8,096 1s 6d (61.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
154 59 95
1732 - 1809
154 59 95
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
02 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, High Life Below Stairs No No No £140 51% N/A
02 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £180 58% N/A
14 May 1760 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Englishman in Paris, Jubal's Lyre, So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1760 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Harlequin's Invasion, The Mad Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Love a la Mode, Comic Dance, Minuet No No Yes £126 2s N/A N/A
16 Apr 1761 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Englishman in Paris, The May Day Morning, or Fingalian Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1761 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1761 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Old Maid, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1762 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The King and the Miller, Hornpipe, If O'er the Cruel Tyrant Love, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1762 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Old Maid, Hornpipe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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