The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)

Author
George Farquhar
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
£42,795 6s £18,087 4s 6d (42.3%) £24,708 1s 6d (57.7%)
1732 - 1809
£42,795 6s - (100%) £18,087 4s 6d (42.3%) £24,708 1s 6d (57.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
378 169 209
1732 - 1809
378 169 209
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
08 Apr 1758 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Merlin Harlequin Skeleton, The Savoyards, The Provincial Sailors No No Yes £146 3s 6d 25% N/A
25 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Lying Valet, The Threshers No No No £74 16s 6d 26% N/A
15 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Englishman Returnd from Paris, The Threshers No No No £93 3s 6d 33% N/A
23 Feb 1759 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £92 6d 35% N/A
12 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £221 60% N/A
07 Apr 1759 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Reprisal or The Tars of Old England, Comic Dance No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
27 Apr 1759 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Contrivances, Serious Dance, Le Badinage, Minuet, Tambourine, The Prussian Rope Makers Yes No Yes £89 2s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1759 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Damon and Phillida No No No £200 100% N/A
16 Nov 1759 Drury Lane The Stratagem, High Life Below Stairs, Shepherds Holiday No No No £140 58% N/A
20 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Fair No No No £123 12s 39% N/A
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