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 %
17 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Proteus Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
28 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Miss in Her Teens, Hooly and Fairly, Minuet Yes No Yes £210 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Lying Valet No No No £50 100% N/A
29 Nov 1755 Drury Lane Careless Husband, The Genii No No No £60 N/A N/A
23 Oct 1756 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor No No No £190 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1756 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Fortunatus No No No £170 N/A N/A
05 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Genii No No No £140 N/A N/A
22 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Genii, The Colliers No No No £140 N/A N/A
07 Dec 1756 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lilliput No No No £170 N/A N/A
01 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Mercury Harlequin No No No £200 N/A N/A
20 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Mercury Harlequin No No No £140 N/A N/A
04 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
08 Feb 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £120 N/A N/A
17 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Mercury Harlequin No No No £180 N/A N/A
29 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Author, Minuet Yes No Yes £150 N/A N/A
07 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Mercury Harlequin No No No £100 69% N/A
10 Dec 1757 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, The Market Yes No No £170 61% N/A
11 Feb 1758 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Lethe, The Prussian Camp No No No £200 62% N/A
10 May 1758 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Upholsterer, Minuet Yes No Yes £200 N/A N/A
24 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Florizel and Perdita, Pastoral Dance Yes No Yes £254 10s N/A N/A
26 Apr 1759 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Guardian, The Swiss Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
24 May 1759 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Miss in Her Teens, The Threshers No No Yes £180 5s N/A N/A
30 May 1759 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Virgin Unmasked, Hornpipe No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
28 Jun 1759 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Miss in Her Teens, New Dutch Dance, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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