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 %
06 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Debauchees, The Subscription No No No £85 18s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1745 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1746 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1746 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Phebe, Song of Diana, Peasant, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1746 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Rape of Proserpine, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1746 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Duke and no Duke No No No £78 9s 53% N/A
28 Feb 1747 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £108 1s 6d 73% N/A
12 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £120 54% N/A
19 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley No No Yes £80 N/A N/A
31 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes £135 N/A N/A
07 Apr 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Flora No No No £20 24% N/A
22 Apr 1747 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day Yes No Yes £137 3s N/A N/A
11 May 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes £70 N/A N/A
07 Nov 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Les Caprices, Grand Ballet, Polish Dance No No No £129 11s N/A N/A
03 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantly, The Gondoliers, Dutch Dance No No No £105 15s 6d 100% N/A
30 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Miss in Her Teens, New Tambourine No No No £163 5s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Savoyards, Dutch Dance Yes No No £107 3s 6d N/A N/A
15 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Damon and Phillida, Powerful Guardians, Savoyards, Louvre, Minuet, Shepherds Dance, With Ravished Ears No No Yes £213 N/A N/A
04 May 1748 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Damon and Phillida, Savoyards No No Yes £219 N/A N/A
06 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Anatomist, Savoyards Yes No No £135 7s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, L'Entree de Flore, Vertumnus and Pomona, Savoyards No No No £89 1s 6d N/A N/A
28 Nov 1748 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Damon and Phillida No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Lethe No No Yes £186 7s N/A N/A
03 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Miss in Her Teens, Savoyards No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The King and Miller, The Smiling Hours, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1749 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Miss in Her Teens, Savoyards No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
27 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Merlin No No No £49 15s 24% N/A
28 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Hob No No No £90 8s 6d 31% N/A
28 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Acis and Galatea No No No £61 17s 6d 30% N/A
04 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet No No No £95 19s 53% N/A
16 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet No No No £175 7s 6d 46% N/A
06 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Swedish Gardeners, Savoyard Travellers No No No £111 3s 6d 56% N/A
20 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, A Duke and no Duke, Fingalian Dance, Black Joke, Grand Scotch Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £161 1s 41% N/A
30 Apr 1750 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Hob, Scotch Measure, Rise Glory Rise No No Yes £151 11s 6d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1750 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet, Hornpipe No No No £40 100% N/A
23 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Hob in the Well or The Country Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The King and Miller, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1751 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1751 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Pigmalion, Grand Scots Ballet, Louvre, Minuet, The Gondoliers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Queen Mab No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
02 May 1751 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lottery, The Gondoliers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1751 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Queen Mab No No Yes £101 N/A N/A
03 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet No No No £100 100% N/A
04 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, A Duke and no Duke No No No £70 N/A N/A
16 Oct 1751 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Queen Mab No No No £120 N/A N/A
20 Nov 1751 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Shepherds Lottery No No No £100 N/A N/A
04 Jan 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Ranger No No No £150 N/A N/A
18 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Ranger No No No £120 N/A N/A
12 Mar 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Contrivances, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The What Dye Call It, Grand Comic Ballet, Grand Dutch Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Sorcerer Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Lethe No No Yes £250 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay, Go Rose No No No £140 100% N/A
12 Oct 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Queen Mab, The Matelot Basque, Go, Rose No No No £120 N/A N/A
31 Oct 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The What Dye Call It, Les Charboniers, Les Sabotiers Tyrolese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Fair, Les Charboniers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Nov 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Anatomist No No Yes £264 N/A N/A
29 Nov 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1752 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Fair No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Genii No No No £170 N/A N/A
23 Jan 1753 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Statue or The Farmer Deceivd, Les Chassuers Allemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1753 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Double Disappointment, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
12 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Ranger, Gipsey Tambourine No No No £100 N/A N/A
16 Nov 1753 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Genii Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
21 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, New Dutch Dance, Gipsey Tambourine No No Yes £212 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1754 Drury Lane Conscious Lovers, Fortunatus No No No £120 N/A N/A
26 Mar 1754 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1754 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Fortunatus, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
03 May 1754 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Double Disappointment, Honour and Arms, Italian Peasants, Bacchanal Song Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1754 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Englishman in Paris, The Pierrots Dance, Punch Dance Yes No Yes £140 N/A N/A
05 Oct 1754 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Englishman in Paris Yes No No £150 100% N/A
11 Jan 1755 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Proteus No No No £180 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1755 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Irishman in London, Comic Entertainment No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Hornpipe No No Yes £90 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, Italian Peasants, Comic Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1755 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Miss in Her Teens, Hornpipe, The Running Footmen No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
27 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet No No No £140 100% N/A
05 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, The Fingalian Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Genii No No No £130 N/A N/A
16 Jan 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Apprentice, Peasant Dance, Pantomime Dance No No No £150 N/A N/A
16 Feb 1756 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Englishman Returnd from Paris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £120 N/A N/A
11 Jan 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Mercury Harlequin Yes No No £80 N/A N/A
06 May 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Oracle, A Cento on the Birthday of Shakespeare selected from his own Works, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
16 May 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, Dutch Peasant, Country Lass, Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet, The Italian Peasants No No No £100 100% N/A
14 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Merlin Harlequin Skeleton, Jovial Coopers No No No £58 4s 31% N/A
26 Nov 1757 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Ranger, The Market No No No £80 55% N/A
15 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £157 6s 28% N/A
25 Apr 1758 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Statue, Tambourine No No Yes £186 4s 6d N/A N/A
27 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Chaplet, Masquerade Polish Dance, Minuet Yes No Yes £220 N/A N/A
02 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Knights No No No £83 17s 100% N/A
20 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Lethe, The Feast of Bacchus No No No £74 8s 6d 35% N/A
22 Dec 1758 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Miller of Mansfield, The Feast of Bacchus No No Yes £31 18s 6d N/A N/A
10 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £139 11s 6d 49% N/A
20 Jan 1759 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Fortunatus No No No £159 13s 6d 60% N/A
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