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 %
01 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Lottery Yes No No £91 1s 100% N/A
08 Jan 1748 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Damon and Phillida, Savoyard Dance No No No £136 7s 6d N/A N/A
29 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Stratagem, A Will and No Will, Savoyards No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
06 May 1748 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, L'Entree de Flore No No No £103 9s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1748 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Anatomist, Dutch Dance Yes No No £143 16s 6d N/A N/A
18 Mar 1749 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Chocolate, Savoyards Yes No Yes £286 N/A N/A
08 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Tit for Tat with Additions, Dutch Dance, Scotch Dance No No No £149 2s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Damon and Phillida Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Comic Dance No No No £150 66% N/A
11 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Savoyard Travellers No No No £173 6s 62% N/A
24 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £89 13s 37% N/A
17 Mar 1750 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Savoyard Travellers, Country Dance, Minuet, Wooden Shoe Dance No Yes Yes £280 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Venetian Gardeners Yes No Yes £157 6s 64% N/A
28 Apr 1750 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Miss in Her Teens, The Scotch Measure, Louvre, Minuet, Tambourine No No Yes £103 3s 6d N/A N/A
21 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Chaplet, Hornpipe Yes No No £150 100% N/A
17 Oct 1750 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Hornpipe No No No £100 N/A N/A
19 Dec 1750 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Lethe, Comic Dance No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
18 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Queen Mab, Comic Dance Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
22 Jan 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Queen Mab No Yes No £190 N/A N/A
10 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Parody of Shakespeare's Stages of Life No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
18 May 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Queen Mab Yes No No £80 100% N/A
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