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
£19,134 15s £5,906 18s (30.9%) £13,227 17s (69.1%)
1732 - 1809
£19,134 15s - (100%) £5,906 18s (30.9%) £13,227 17s (69.1%)
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 %
17 Feb 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Negro Dance No No No £264 18s 61% N/A
10 Mar 1789 Covent Garden Inkle And Yarico, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Negro Dance, Ballet to God Save the King, Fortune's Favor No No No £90 6s 6d 78% N/A
19 Oct 1796 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £293 4s 6d 69% N/A
27 Dec 1796 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Robinson Crusoe No No No £195 10s 44% N/A
13 Feb 1797 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, A Friend in Need, The Scotch Ghost No No No £197 6d 29% N/A
10 Jun 1797 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, No Song No Supper, Country Dance, Gavot, Hornpipe, Scotch Reel, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £309 9s 6d 28% N/A
23 Sep 1797 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Deserter No No No £277 13s 100% N/A
19 Dec 1797 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Richard Coeur de Lion, A Trip to the Nore No No No £277 16s 49% N/A
13 Jan 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Deserter No No No £138 13s 6d 28% N/A
10 Feb 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Blue Beard No No No £272 3s 6d 65% N/A
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