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
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