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 %
01 Jun 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £104 2s 6d N/A N/A
06 Oct 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Blue Beard or Female Curiosity No No No £441 16s 6d 100% N/A
05 Nov 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Blue Beard No No No £239 9s 44% N/A
14 Nov 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Captive of Spilburg, New Hornpipe No No No £209 6s 6d 43% N/A
14 Dec 1798 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Captive of Spilburg, New Hornpipe No No No £99 14s 25% N/A
29 Jan 1799 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Feudal Times No No No £265 14s 6d 42% N/A
08 Oct 1799 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Embarkation No No No £245 7s 6d 100% N/A
24 Oct 1799 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, No Song No Supper No No No £146 4s 6d 37% N/A
09 Nov 1799 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Blue Beard No No No £226 7s 45% N/A
02 Jan 1800 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Lodoiska No No No £176 15s 6d 50% N/A
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