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 1762 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, The Contrivances, The Pleasures of Spring Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Contrivances, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1762 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Contrivances, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1762 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Contrivances, If O'er the Cruel Tyrant Love No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1762 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Contrivances, The Pleasures of Spring, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1762 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Contrivances, The Swedish Gardeners, The Pedlar Tricked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1762 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1762 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Contrivances, Pleasures of Spring, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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