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 %
26 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Seraglio, The Irish Lilt No No No £99 15s 41% N/A
28 Feb 1778 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Mother Shipton No No No £169 6s 45% N/A
19 May 1778 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Comus, The Poney Races No No Yes £259 5s 58% N/A
11 Dec 1778 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Irish Widow, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande, The Coopers No No No £131 13s 6d N/A N/A
11 Jan 1779 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1779 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Medley, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1779 Covent Garden The Strategem, Gallic Gratitude No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1779 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Elopement No No No £160 17s 100% N/A
10 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Critic, New Comic Pantomime Dance, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £183 12s 6d 41% N/A
18 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Critic, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £201 18s 56% N/A
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