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 Mar 1761 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers Yes No Yes £211 9s N/A N/A
03 Apr 1761 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Contrivances, The Italian Gardiners Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1761 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Contrivances, The Fingalian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Cleone, The Contrivances, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £74 7s 6d N/A N/A
23 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Contrivances, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes £123 N/A N/A
10 Nov 1761 Covent Garden The Minor, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers No No No £149 2s N/A N/A
12 Nov 1761 Covent Garden The Country Lasses, The Contrivances, The Pedlar Tricked No No No £168 N/A N/A
22 Dec 1761 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1762 Covent Garden The Lyar, The Contrivances, The Pedlar Tricked, The French Country Gentleman No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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