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 %
21 May 1736 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Contrivances, Damon and Phillida, Amorous Clowns, English Maggot, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Comic Dance, Rover No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Contrivances, The Peasants No No No £80 100% N/A
22 Sep 1737 Drury Lane King Henry The Fourth Part I, The Contrivances, The Peasants No No No £78 100% N/A
10 May 1738 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Contrivances, Comic Dance, The Roast Beef of Old England, French Sailors, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoi No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jul 1738 Covent Garden Tunbridge Walks, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Committee, The Contrivances, Tambourine No No No £50 8s 6d N/A N/A
22 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Nonjuror, The Contrivances No No No £117 13s N/A N/A
10 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, Italian Peasants No No No £76 5s N/A N/A
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