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 %
19 Sep 1780 Drury Lane The Election, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Fortunatus, Minuet de la Cour No No No £131 16s 6d 100% N/A
25 Nov 1780 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Camp No No No £71 6s 6d 26% N/A
25 May 1781 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Rival Candidates, Hornpipe No No Yes £269 14s 66% N/A
19 Jan 1782 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Lun's Ghost, Minuet de la Cour No No No £150 42% N/A
23 Feb 1782 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Gentle Shepherd, The Distress'd Lovers No No No £118 7s 6d N/A N/A
07 Dec 1782 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair, The Devonshire Minuet No No No £86 6d 27% N/A
27 Jan 1783 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Triumph of Mirth, Minuet de la Cour No No No £133 12s 6d 40% N/A
13 Nov 1783 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Fortunatus, The Pastoral Lovers No No No £116 3s 6d 29% N/A
26 Dec 1783 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Fortunatus, New Comic Ballet No No No £131 9s 6d 34% N/A
28 Dec 1784 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Arthur and Emmeline, The Sportsmen's Return No No No £123 12s N/A N/A
25 May 1785 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Waterman, The Slave in Chains, Bright Phoebus has Mounted the Chariot of Day No No Yes £246 1s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1786 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £178 6s 6d 42% N/A
22 Dec 1786 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Jubilee No No No £163 16s 6d N/A N/A
02 Jan 1787 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Enchanted Castle No No No £210 18s 6d 50% N/A
31 May 1787 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £323 16s 6d 49% N/A
19 Sep 1787 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Deserter No No No £142 4s 100% N/A
29 Dec 1787 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Dumb Cake No No No £185 2s 46% N/A
04 Jun 1788 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Wife, The Deserter No No Yes £189 10s 38% N/A
28 Nov 1788 Covent Garden The Child Of Nature, A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Mirth by Moonshine No No No £150 15s 6d 42% N/A
03 Dec 1788 Covent Garden The Highland Reel, A Bold Stroke for a Wife No No No £143 12s 52% N/A
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
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