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 Apr 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Midas, Comic Dance No No No £136 10s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jun 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, Hornpipe No No Yes £145 4s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, The Royal Garland No No No £120 19s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Apollo and Daphne or The Burgo Master No No No £234 18s N/A N/A
03 Nov 1769 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £70 7s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1770 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Chaplet No No Yes £265 8s N/A N/A
04 Jan 1772 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Mother Shipton No No No £163 16s 6d 44% N/A
10 Jan 1772 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Fairy Prince Yes No No £154 8s 6d 44% N/A
28 Dec 1772 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £203 6s 56% N/A
17 Dec 1773 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Achilles in Petticoats No No No £143 11s 6d 44% N/A
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