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 %
30 Oct 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1755 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Revenge, The Contrivances, Italian Peasants, The Fingalian Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Non Juror, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1756 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1756 Covent Garden King Lear, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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