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 %
29 Apr 1736 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Dutchman and His Frow, Grand Ballet, Rover No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1736 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1738 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Sir John Cockle at Court, New Serious Dance, La Pieraite, Pastoral, Polonese, Turkish Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1739 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1739 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, The Noontide Air, Grand Ballet, Minuet No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Aug 1739 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor, Hornpipe, Comic Dance, Drunken Peasant Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Aug 1739 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Dragon of Wantley Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1739 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Flora, Genius of England, Comic Ballet, Water Music, Grand Ballet, La Badinage de Provence No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Flora, Je ne scay quoiI, Love in Low Life, French Peasants, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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