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 %
18 Nov 1737 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1738 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Dragon of Wantley, Je ne scai quoi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Flora, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1738 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Tambourine, Drunken Peasant, Maggot, Polish Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1738 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Harlots Progress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1738 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1738 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Harlequin Restord, Grand Ballet, Double Jealousy No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1739 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1739 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Flora, Two Pierots, Grecian Sailors, Je ne sai quoi No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1739 Drury Lane The Beaux Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Concerto, Punches, 3rd concerto, French Peasants, Pierots, Wooden Shoe Dance Yes Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Sep 1739 Drury Lane The Beaux Stratagem, Harlequin Shipwreckd No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1739 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Fall of Phaeton, Le Gout Anglois, To Arms, Britons Strike Home, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, Tambourine, Grand Ballet, Kilkenny, Miller and His Wife No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1740 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Miller's Dance, Drunken Peasant, French Peasants, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1740 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, Grand Ballet, Swiss Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Le Boufon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Royal Chace or Merlins Cave No Yes No £142 8s 6d N/A N/A
06 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Jealous Farmer Outwitted or Harlequin a Statue No Yes Yes £160 11s N/A N/A
08 May 1741 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Pierots No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
22 May 1741 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, The Eccho Song, La Tambourine, Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind, La Matelote, The Noontide Air No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £70 100% N/A
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