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 Oct 1736 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Rape of Proserpine With the Birth and adventures of Harlequin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1736 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Damon and Phillida, French Peasant, Glover's Scotch Dance, The last New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1737 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked, English Maggot, Harlequin, Russian Sailor, Wooden Shoes Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1737 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Damon and Phillida No Yes No £178 100% N/A
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
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