The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One (1715)

Author
Henry Carey
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£3,365 17s £2,818 18s 6d (83.8%) £546 18s 6d (16.2%)
1732 - 1809
£3,365 17s - (100%) £2,818 18s 6d (83.8%) £546 18s 6d (16.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
147 123 24
1732 - 1809
147 123 24
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Contrivances No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
06 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Committee, The Contrivances, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Contrivances, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Contrivances, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Contrivances, Rise Glory Rise, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Contrivances, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Zara, The Contrivances, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1752 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Contrivances, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Contrivances, Grand Ballet, Grand Dutch Dance, Grand Scots Ballet, Minuet, The Rigadoon No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Contrivances, Venetian Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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