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 %
22 Apr 1768 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Orpheus and Eurydice, The Highland Reel, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £209 16s N/A N/A
06 May 1768 Drury Lane The Stratagem, High Life below Stairs, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1768 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Orpheus and Eurydice, The Royal Garland No No No £86 3s N/A N/A
15 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Deuce is in Him, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1768 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Damon and Phillida, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1769 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Apollo and Daphne, The Garland No No No £238 19s N/A N/A
20 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £113 18s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1769 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1769 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Ode, The Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Thomas and Sally, The Lamplighters No No Yes £213 2s 6d N/A N/A
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