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 %
06 Dec 1774 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1774 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Romance of an Hour, The Frolick, The Generous Pirate No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1777 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin's Invasion, The Irish Fair No No Yes £178 15s 33% N/A
02 Jun 1777 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Waterman, The Irish Fair No No Yes £200 9s 6d 100% N/A
07 Oct 1778 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Wives Revenged, The Shepherd's Wedding No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1778 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Invasion, The Embarkment for Cytherea, The Villagers No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1779 Covent Garden Illumination, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Farmer's Return from London, The Norwood Gypsies No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1779 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Quaker, Hornpipe, Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes £270 19s N/A N/A
22 Nov 1779 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Critic No No No £185 14s 61% N/A
29 Mar 1780 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Fortunatus, The Sportsman Deceived No No No £102 7s 33% N/A
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