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 %
31 Oct 1732 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1732 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Contrivances, Flute Chacone, Les Bergeries No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1733 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1736 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Contrivances, The Whim Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1736 Drury Lane The Twin Rivals, The Contrivances, Dutchman and Frow, English Maggot, Revellers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1736 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Dutchman and Frow, Grand Ballet, Harper's Drunken Man, Revellers, The Fat Farmer and his Family No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Contrivances, Tambourine, French Peasants, Shepherd and Shepherdess, Two Pierrots No No Yes £102 6s N/A N/A
08 Apr 1736 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Contrivances, Dutchman and his Frow, Fat Farmer and his Family, Pierrots, Rover Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1736 Drury Lane The Miser, The Contrivances, English Maggot, Damon and Phillida, Revellers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1736 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Double Jealousy, Harlequin, Serious Dance, Whim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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
29 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Contrivances No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
06 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Committee, The Contrivances, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1752 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Contrivances, Grand Comic Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Contrivances, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Contrivances, Rise Glory Rise, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Contrivances, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Zara, The Contrivances, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1752 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Contrivances, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Contrivances, Grand Ballet, Grand Dutch Dance, Grand Scots Ballet, Minuet, The Rigadoon No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Contrivances, Venetian Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Refusal, The Contrivances, Grand Comic Ballet, Old Chiron, Honour and Arms, If Love's a Sweet Passion No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Fair Quaker Of Deal Orthe Humours Of The Navy, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Contrivances, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1752 Covent Garden The Pilgrim, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, If Love's a Sweet Passion, Drunken Peasant, Grand Comic Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1752 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1752 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, If Love's a Sweet Passion, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1752 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1752 Covent Garden Lady Jane Gray, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1752 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Contrivances Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Refusal, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Dec 1752 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, The Contrivances, Il Pastore, Il Morlaco No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Contrivances, Les Chasseurs Alemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1753 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers, Il Pastore No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1753 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Contrivances, Grand Scots Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, The Contrivances, Il Pastore, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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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