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 %
22 Jan 1800 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Prize No Yes No £592 5s 71% N/A
15 Apr 1800 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Lodoiska No No No £322 15s 51% N/A
08 May 1800 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, My Grandmother No No No £104 12s 24% N/A
07 Nov 1800 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, All the World's a Stage, Actaeon and Diana No No No £106 16s 6d 32% N/A
20 Oct 1801 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Lodoiska No No No £178 4s 30% N/A
16 Mar 1802 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Festival of Bacchus, The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8 No No No £182 10s 33% N/A
29 Dec 1802 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Love and Magic; or, Harlequin's Holiday No No No £301 11s 48% N/A
12 Dec 1803 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog No No No £286 5s 54% N/A
26 Dec 1803 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog No No No £316 10s 6d 45% N/A
07 Dec 1804 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Matrimony No No No £111 9s 42% N/A
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