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 %
20 May 1766 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Double Hornpipe, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1766 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Englishman in Paris, The Garland No No No £128 8s 45% N/A
02 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £167 4s 46% N/A
14 Mar 1767 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £206 4s 6d 54% N/A
17 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Oxonian in Town, New Comic Dance No No No £155 15s 6d N/A N/A
01 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, The Gardners Holiday No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Lilliputian Camp No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Flora Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1768 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Daphne and Amintor, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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