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 %
05 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Harlequin Shipwreckd, L'Allamande, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Honest Yorkshireman, Je ne scay quoi, Comic Ballet, Faithful Lovers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1740 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Stage Coach, Wooden Shoe Dance, Ball Dance, Comic Ballet, Je ne scai quoy, Minuet, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe or Esop in the Shades, La Matelote, Le Tambourine Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor, Minuet, Scotch Dance, Swiss Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1740 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Two Pierots, L'Allemande, Punch No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, L'Allamande, Shepherds and Shepherdesses No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Nancy, Comic Ballet, Miller and his Wife, The Yorkshire Maggot No No Yes £61 17s N/A N/A
18 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Sham Conjurer No No Yes £109 4s 6d N/A N/A
20 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor, Sweet Bird, Concerto, The Italian Peasants, War He Sung was Toil and Trouble, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
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