The Mistake; or, The Lover's Quarrel (1706)

Author
Sir John Vanbrugh
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
£3,262 3s £1,564 14s (48%) £1,697 9s (52%)
1732 - 1809
£3,262 3s - (100%) £1,564 14s (48%) £1,697 9s (52%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
57 38 19
1732 - 1809
57 38 19
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Feb 1766 Covent Garden The Mistake, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1766 Covent Garden The Mistake, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, The Village Romps No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Mistake, Tom Thumb, Rural Merriment No No No £200 3s 6d 100% N/A
22 Dec 1780 Covent Garden The Mistake, The Humours of an Election, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £149 1s 6d 22% N/A
05 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Mistake, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £200 2s 54% N/A
01 May 1781 Covent Garden The Mistake, True Blue, The Flitch of Bacon, The Rakes of Mallow, St David's Day; or The Village Revels, Country Dance, Double Hornpipe, Sailors Dance, The Sports of the Green or The Rivals Reconcild No No Yes £162 4s N/A N/A
20 Jan 1786 Covent Garden The Mistake, Omai No No No £164 5s 39% N/A
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