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 %
19 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Englishman in Paris, The Pedlar Tricked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1763 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Citizen, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1763 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Cheats of Scapin, The Drunken Peasant, The French Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1763 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Fortunatus No No No £162 1s 100% N/A
28 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Fairy Tale, The Irish Lilt No No No £124 6s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1763 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Thomas and Sally No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1764 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Upholsterer, Minuet, The Judgment of Paris No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1764 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Witches, New Tambourine Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Queen Mab, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1767 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Flora, Minuet No No Yes £17 15s 6d N/A N/A
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