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 %
28 Dec 1804 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Old Harlequin's Fire-side, Sultan No No No £188 16s 6d 42% N/A
15 Nov 1805 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Nelson's Victory, No Song No Supper No No No £159 9s 6d 35% N/A
09 May 1806 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Forty Thieves No No No £244 6s 65% N/A
07 Jun 1806 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Fortune's Frolic No No Yes £47 8s 6d N/A N/A
19 May 1807 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Wood Daemon; or, "The Clock has Struck!" No No No £194 9s 47% N/A
29 Dec 1807 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro No No No £264 18s N/A N/A
15 Jun 1808 Drury Lane Bold Stroke for a Wife, Rosina No No Yes £37 16s N/A N/A
24 Oct 1808 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Blue Beard No No No £314 11s 6d 58% N/A
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