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
£5,466 2s £4,919 3s 6d (90%) £546 18s 6d (10%)
1732 - 1809
£5,466 2s - (100%) £4,919 3s 6d (90%) £546 18s 6d (10%)
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 %
05 May 1753 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Contrivances, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1753 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Contrivances, Alcides' Name, Two Pierrots, Les Chasseurs Allemandes, New Peasant Dance, Since the Race of Time Began No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1753 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Contrivances, The Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Contrivances, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Committee, The Contrivances, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1754 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Contrivances, Peasant Dance, The Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1754 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1754 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Othello Moor Of Venice, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1754 Covent Garden Othello, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1754 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Contrivances, Comic Entertainment Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1754 Covent Garden The Miser, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Contrivances, Chinese Dance, Comic Entertainment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1755 Covent Garden The Committee, The Contrivances, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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
27 Jan 1758 Covent Garden Mariamne, The Contrivances No No No £110 15s 6d 38% N/A
18 Feb 1758 Covent Garden King Lear, The Contrivances, Jovial Coopers No No No £112 13s 6d 36% N/A
18 Mar 1758 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Contrivances, The Italian Peasants, The Judgment of Paris No No No £119 5s N/A N/A
22 Apr 1758 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Contrivances, Hornpipe, Judgment of Paris, New Comic Dance No No Yes £239 12s 6d N/A N/A
09 May 1758 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Contrivances, Comic Dance No No Yes £179 11s N/A N/A
03 Nov 1758 Covent Garden Coriolanus, The Contrivances, The Threshers No No No £33 13s 19% N/A
07 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Contrivances, The Threshers No No No £38 10s 6d 26% N/A
16 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Rover Or The Banished Cavaliers, The Contrivances, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £75 5s 27% N/A
21 Nov 1758 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Contrivances, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £49 9s 21% N/A
29 Nov 1758 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Contrivances, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £59 2s 25% N/A
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