The Refusal; or, The Ladies Philosophy (1721)

Author
Colley Cibber
Author
Molière
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
£4,114 10s £1,665 8s (40.5%) £2,449 2s (59.5%)
1732 - 1809
£4,114 10s - (100%) £1,665 8s (40.5%) £2,449 2s (59.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
54 34 20
1732 - 1809
54 34 20
Notes
A reworking of Molière's 'Les Femmes Savantes' (1672).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
03 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Refusal Or The Ladys Philosophy, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Refusal, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1753 Covent Garden The Refusal, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1753 Covent Garden The Refusal, The Lover His Own Rival, Two Pierrots, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Englishman in Paris No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
08 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Refusal Or The Ladys Philosophy, Harlequin Sorcerer with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Refusal, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1757 Covent Garden The Refusal, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1757 Covent Garden The Refusal, Harlequin Statue, My Fond Shepherd, Drunken Peasant, Fair Kitty No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1757 Covent Garden The Refusal Or The Ladys Philosophy, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £45 15s 36% N/A
19 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Refusal, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £50 16s 6d 24% N/A
19 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Refusal Or The Ladies Philosophy, Love a la Mode, Minuet No No No £180 61% N/A
21 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Refusal, Love a la Mode No No No £150 73% N/A
27 Dec 1759 Drury Lane The Refusal, Love a la Mode Yes No No £130 47% N/A
17 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Refusal, Love a la Mode No No Yes £304 15s N/A N/A
18 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Refusal, Love a la Mode Yes No No £180 50% N/A
02 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Refusal Or The Ladies Philosophy, Love a la Mode, Minuet No No No £183 5s N/A N/A
14 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Refusal, Love a la Mode, Les Charboniers No No No £157 4s 6d N/A N/A
20 Jan 1761 Covent Garden The Refusal, Love a la Mode No No No £168 14s N/A N/A
28 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Refusal, Love a la Mode, Spanish Dance, The Serenade, The Waggoners Yes No No £177 17s N/A N/A
15 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Refusal, Love a la Mode, The Waggoners No No No £43 N/A N/A
12 Apr 1763 Covent Garden The Refusal Or The Ladys Philosophy, Love a la Mode, The Dutch Skippers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1766 Covent Garden The Refusal Or The Ladys Philosophy, Love a la Mode, The Village Romps No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Refusal Or The Ladys Philosophy, Love a la Mode, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £257 7s 6d N/A N/A
06 Jan 1770 Covent Garden The Refusal, The Court of Alexander No No No £97 19s N/A N/A
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