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 %
22 Dec 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The German Camp, The Vintage No No No £100 55% N/A
11 Feb 1747 Drury Lane The Careless Husband No Yes Yes £200 N/A N/A
06 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Feb 1749 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Lothario, Comic Dance, Mirth Gives Courage, The Truly Happy Man No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1750 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
28 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, The Highland Lad, La Sabotiere, Les Fantasies de la Dance, Minuet No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
23 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Miss in Her Teens, New Running Footman's Dance No No No £50 N/A N/A
20 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Queen Mab No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
19 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £70 100% N/A
18 Jan 1752 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Harlequin Ranger No No No £170 N/A N/A
27 Feb 1752 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Queen Mab No No No £170 N/A N/A
25 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Don Quixote, Hornpipe No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
23 Sep 1752 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Chaplet No No No £140 100% N/A
17 Oct 1752 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Double Disappointment, Les Bucherons, Le Matelot Basque, Les Tonneliers de Strasburgh No No No £60 N/A N/A
21 Nov 1752 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Queen Mab, Le Matelot Basque, L'Entree de Flore No No No £120 N/A N/A
27 Feb 1753 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Genii No No No £150 N/A N/A
11 May 1753 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, Dutch Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
20 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Chaplet, The Dutch Dance No No No £80 100% N/A
17 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Queen Mab No No No £80 N/A N/A
22 Jan 1754 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Fortunatus No No No £170 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1754 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Fortunatus No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
21 Sep 1754 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, A Duke and no Duke, Hornpipe No No No £110 100% N/A
16 Dec 1754 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
07 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor, Pas de Quatre, Chinese Dance, Comic Entertainment, Peasant Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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