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 %
14 Oct 1769 Covent Garden Man And Wife, The Contrivances, Pageant exhibiting the characters of Shakespeare, Concerto on hautboy, Representation of the Amphitheatre at Stratford upon Avon, with Masquerade, The Allemande No No No £123 8s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Contrivances No No No £215 18s N/A N/A
23 Apr 1773 Covent Garden The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode, The Contrivances, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £236 3s 6d 56% N/A
28 May 1773 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Contrivances, Hornpipe, The Cumberland Cornthrashers No No Yes £262 19s 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1785 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, The Manager an Actor in Spite of Himself, The Contrivances, Leap Year No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1785 Covent Garden Which Is The Man, The Contrivances, Minuet de la Cour, Gavot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1786 Covent Garden The Follies Of A Day, True Blue or The Parting Lovers, The Contrivances, The Tobacco Box No No Yes £271 2s 53% N/A
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