A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)

Author
Susanna Centlivre
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£16,669 11s 6d £4,664 15s (28%) £12,004 16s 6d (72%)
1732 - 1809
£16,669 11s 6d - (100%) £4,664 15s (28%) £12,004 16s 6d (72%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
158 65 93
1732 - 1809
158 65 93
Notes
Reduced to 3 acts as AP on 17881128 and performed as AP that season
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Jul 1738 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Honest Yorkshireman No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1739 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Colombine Courtezan, Moors' Dance, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1739 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Grand Aethiopian Dance, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1739 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Grand Dance of Moors, Concerto on harpsichord No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1739 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Lottery No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1739 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1739 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Harlots Progress, New ballet, Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1740 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Mock Doctor, Le Tambourine, Hungarian Dance, La Matelote, Minuet, The Louvre No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1740 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Virgin Unmaskd, Shepherds and Shepherdesses, Hornpipe, L'Allamande No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1741 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, La Tambourine, Grand Serious Ballet, L'Allamande, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Les Matelotes No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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