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 %
09 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1741 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamund, Tambourine, The Early Horn, The Swiss No No No £60 N/A N/A
26 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Bright Author Of My Present Flame, Le Petit Scaramouche, Arlequin Petit Maitre, Lascia Cadermi in Volto Yes No No £60 N/A N/A
10 Feb 1742 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Tyrolean Dance, Rural Assembly, Tambourine, The Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Rape of Proserpine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1742 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Les Enfans Jardiniers Suedois, Les Paisans Allemandes Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
08 May 1742 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Running Footman's Dance, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Hornpipe No No Yes £105 N/A N/A
30 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Les Boufons du Cour, La Villageoise, Les Jardiniers Suedois No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Concerto on violoncello No No No £137 5s N/A N/A
23 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Recrue des Houssars No No No £88 2s 6d N/A N/A
28 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Concerto on violoncello No No No £88 19s N/A N/A
31 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardeners No Yes No £116 1s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Neopolitan Punch, Concerto, Italian Gardeners No No No £120 10s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No Yes No £119 13s N/A N/A
07 Feb 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No No No £136 18s 6d N/A N/A
08 Feb 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Dragon of Wantley, Concerto No No No £111 16s N/A N/A
01 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No Yes Yes £82 18s 6d N/A N/A
13 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Sicilian Peasant, Concerto on German flute No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Concerto on German flute, Scotch Dance, A Tambourine after the Manner of the Moors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Lying Valet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1744 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1744 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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