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 %
25 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Lethe No No No £170 N/A N/A
06 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Savoyard Travellers Yes No No £130 N/A N/A
09 Jan 1752 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Harlequin Ranger No No Yes £191 N/A N/A
17 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Lethe, Hornpipe No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
06 May 1752 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, If Love's a Sweet Passion, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1752 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Chaplet, Hornpipe No No No £170 100% N/A
23 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1752 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Harlequin Ranger, Le Matelot Basque, L'Entree de Flore No Yes No £190 N/A N/A
23 Nov 1752 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Queen Mab, Le Matelot Basque No No No £150 N/A N/A
26 Jan 1753 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Genii No No No £170 N/A N/A
12 Apr 1753 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Miss in Her Teens, Country Amusements, Hornpipe No No Yes £290 N/A N/A
29 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Scapin No No No £170 100% N/A
27 Nov 1753 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Genii, L'Entree de Flore Yes No No £150 N/A N/A
10 Jan 1754 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Fortunatus No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
21 Feb 1754 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Fortunatus No No No £170 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1754 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Anatomist, La Passecalle de Zaid, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet, New Dutch Dance No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
15 May 1754 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Double Disappointment, No Never, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1754 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Country Amusements No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Chaplet, The School of Anacreon Yes No No £174 100% N/A
20 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Proteus No No Yes £205 N/A N/A
02 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Press Gang or Love in Low Life, Ellen A Roon, The Lady's Lesson No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Stratagem, Miss in Her Teens, Hooly and Fairly, Hornpipe, Britons Strike Home, Rule Britannia Yes No Yes £300 N/A N/A
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