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 %
06 May 1745 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Rosamond, Gentle Shepherd No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1745 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, Grand Dance No No No £74 19s 100% N/A
12 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Mock Doctor, The Peasants, Les Allemandes Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Rape of Proserpine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1746 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, My Faith and Truth No No Yes £49 5s N/A N/A
02 Apr 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Harlequin Incendiary No No No £49 8s N/A N/A
09 Apr 1746 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, Phebe, The Italian Peasants, Song of Diana, Dance in Momus, Drunken Tyrolese, Pigmalion Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Aug 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Conspiracy Discover'd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay No No No £59 100% N/A
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