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

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 %
10 Apr 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Contrivances, Fingalian Dance, The Villagers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1756 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Contrivances, Savoyards, Hippisley's Drunken Man, Les Paisans Gallants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1756 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1756 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1757 Covent Garden The Country Lasses Or The Custom Of The Manor, The Contrivances No No No £32 6s 100% N/A
11 Nov 1757 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No No £111 18s 6d 50% N/A
07 Dec 1757 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Contrivances No No No £155 6s 44% N/A
10 Jan 1758 Covent Garden King Lear, The Contrivances, Fingalian Dance No No No £109 9s 6d 44% N/A