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 %
27 Dec 1762 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer, The Jealous Woodcutter No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1763 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1763 Covent Garden Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Rape of Proserpine, The Dutch Skippers No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1763 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Chaplet, The Dutch Skippers, The Cries of London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1763 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Statue, The Sicilian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1763 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1763 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1763 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Thomas and Sally No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1763 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Rites of Hecate No No No £179 9s 6d N/A N/A
21 Feb 1764 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Old Maid, Venus Revenged, The Calabrian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1764 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Thomas and Sally, Arcadian Nuptials Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1764 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1764 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Witches or Harlequin Cheerokee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1764 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Old Maid, Tambourine, La Femme Maitresse No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1764 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1764 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda, Blind Mans Buff No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1765 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Rites of Hecate or Harlequin from the Moon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1765 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Queen Mab, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1765 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1765 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1765 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1766 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1766 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Thomas and Sally, Hornpipe, The Sicilian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1766 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, A Fairy Tale, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1766 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton No No No £118 10s 40% N/A
06 Jan 1767 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £118 18s 50% N/A
26 Feb 1767 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £220 16s 49% N/A
02 Apr 1767 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No No £148 1s 49% N/A
26 Dec 1767 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Royal Chace No No No £188 12s 6d N/A N/A
21 Jan 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £205 1s N/A N/A
07 Apr 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Midas, Comic Dance No No No £136 10s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jun 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, Hornpipe No No Yes £145 4s 6d 100% N/A
10 Oct 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, The Royal Garland No No No £120 19s 6d N/A N/A
26 Dec 1768 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Apollo and Daphne or The Burgo Master No No No £234 18s N/A N/A
03 Nov 1769 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £70 7s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1770 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Chaplet No No Yes £265 8s N/A N/A
04 Jan 1772 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Mother Shipton No No No £163 16s 6d 44% N/A
10 Jan 1772 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Fairy Prince Yes No No £154 8s 6d 44% N/A
28 Dec 1772 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £203 6s 56% N/A
17 Dec 1773 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Achilles in Petticoats No No No £143 11s 6d 44% N/A
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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