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 %
25 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Refusal, The Contrivances, Grand Comic Ballet, Old Chiron, Honour and Arms, If Love's a Sweet Passion No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Fair Quaker Of Deal Orthe Humours Of The Navy, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Contrivances, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1752 Covent Garden The Pilgrim, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, If Love's a Sweet Passion, Drunken Peasant, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1752 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown 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
20 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1752 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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