The Conscious Lovers (1722)

Author
Richard Steele
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
£24,412 15s £11,399 19s (46.7%) £13,012 16s (53.3%)
1732 - 1809
£24,412 15s - (100%) £11,399 19s (46.7%) £13,012 16s (53.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
321 155 166
1732 - 1809
321 155 166
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
26 May 1767 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Dr Faustus, Double Hornpipe, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £205 3s N/A N/A
20 Nov 1767 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin's Invasion, The Gardners Holiday No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Deuce Is in Him, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Padlock No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, A Peep behind the Curtain, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Upholsterer, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £211 9s N/A N/A
08 Nov 1769 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1769 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lyar, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Jubilee No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Institution of the Garter No No No £184 9s 49% N/A
07 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, High Life below Stairs, The Sailors' Revels, A Comic Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Seven Ages, Lincos Travels Yes No Yes £187 12s 6d 31% N/A
11 Feb 1773 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £159 3s 57% N/A
22 May 1773 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Daphne and Amintor, Hornpipe No No Yes £238 13s 9% N/A
25 May 1773 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Author, Hornpipe, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £269 3s 6d 37% N/A
07 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Sylphs, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Comus, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1774 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Comus, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Comus, The Vintage Festival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1775 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin's Jacket No No Yes £188 14s N/A N/A
11 May 1775 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Druids, Double Hornpipe, The Humours of Blackwall No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1775 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Theatrical Candidates, Bon Ton or High Life Above Stairs, The Savage Hunters No No No £240 14s 6d N/A N/A
30 Oct 1775 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Elopement, The Savage Hunters No No No £166 15s N/A N/A
05 Jan 1776 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Prometheus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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