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 %
20 Sep 1762 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Old Maid No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1762 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Sabotiers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1762 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Nov 1762 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Spring, The Lilliputian Fisherman, The Farmer's Return Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1763 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Beggar's Wedding, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1763 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Fortunatus, The Irish Lilt No No No £195 3s 6d 100% N/A
18 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Deuce Is in Him, The Cuckoo, The Venetian Gardeners No Yes No £242 15s N/A N/A
27 Dec 1763 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Rites of Hecate No No No £195 12s N/A N/A
24 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1764 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1764 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Citizen, The Calabrian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1764 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Musical Lady, The Provencalle No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1764 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Polly Honeycombe, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1765 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Catherine and Petruchio, Blind Mans Buff, Rural Love No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Catherine and Petruchio, New Pastoral Dance, Hornpipe, Les Caprices de Galatee, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1765 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1765 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1766 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Double Hornpipe, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1766 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Englishman in Paris, The Garland No No No £128 8s 45% N/A
02 Jan 1767 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £167 4s 46% N/A
14 Mar 1767 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £206 4s 6d 54% N/A
17 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Oxonian in Town, New Comic Dance No No No £155 15s 6d N/A N/A
01 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, The Gardners Holiday No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, A Peep behind the Curtain, The Lilliputian Camp No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Flora Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1768 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Daphne and Amintor, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
08 Feb 1770 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin's Jubilee, The Merry Sailors No No No £219 11s N/A N/A
13 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Rabbit Sellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1770 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Spanish Lady, The Whim No No Yes £274 9s 6d N/A N/A
27 Oct 1770 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Padlock, Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1770 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Jubilee, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1770 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Elopement, The Rabbit Sellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Mother Shipton, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1771 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Mother Shipton, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Mother Shipton, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1771 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Midas, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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