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
£14,031 3s 5d £5,935 1s 11d (42.3%) £8,096 1s 6d (57.7%)
1732 - 1809
£14,031 3s 5d - (100%) £5,935 1s 11d (42.3%) £8,096 1s 6d (57.7%)
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
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
25 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1770 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1771 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Institution of the Garter No No No £132 3s 41% N/A
13 Feb 1778 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Poor Vulcan No No No £232 19s 6d 45% N/A
17 Feb 1778 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Poor Vulcan No No No £121 14s 57% N/A
10 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Jovial Crew, Bacchus and Ariadne No No No £162 19s 6d 46% N/A
29 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £142 3s N/A N/A
12 May 1781 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, A Fete, The Touchstone Yes No Yes £219 8s 11d 66% N/A
23 Jan 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rival Knights, Cross Purposes No No No £301 12s 6d 67% N/A
28 Jan 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No £310 17s 67% N/A
02 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Harlequin Rambler No No No £302 18s 50% N/A
06 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Harlequin Rambler No No No £239 2s 54% N/A
11 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Harlequin Rambler No No No £277 6s 68% N/A
02 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Harlequin Rambler No No No £243 15s 46% N/A
25 Mar 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No £274 9s 62% N/A
03 Apr 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rival Knights, Comus No No Yes £292 1s 6d 46% N/A
14 Apr 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rival Knights, Rosina No No Yes £241 8s 6d 68% N/A
29 Apr 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rival Knights, The Poor Soldier No No No £204 13s 6d 50% N/A
02 Jun 1784 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Poor Soldier, Malbrough No No No £227 6s 6d 100% N/A
08 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Blacksmith of Antwerp, Leap Year, or A New Way of Wooing No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1785 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1785 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Barataria, The Fancy Races No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1787 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Comus, Sweet Echo No No Yes £310 12s 50% N/A
18 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Love and War No No No £156 3s 59% N/A
09 Jan 1788 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Dumb Cake No No No £213 17s 65% N/A
21 Feb 1788 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Farmer No No No £205 11s 6d 67% N/A
19 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Farmer No No No £102 3s 6d 36% N/A
20 Feb 1789 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Tom Thumb No No No £220 18s 68% N/A
01 Jan 1790 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £153 11s 40% N/A
08 Jan 1790 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £161 11s 37% N/A
05 Feb 1790 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Island of St Marguerite No No No £152 17s 46% N/A
06 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £176 11s N/A N/A
28 Nov 1792 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Hartford Bridge, The Lucky Escape No No No £199 4s 46% N/A
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