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 %
08 May 1739 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Necromancer, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Sep 1739 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Mock Doctor, Serious Dance, Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Mock Doctor, Faithful Lovers, The Reprizal, Comic Dance, Glover's Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley, Muzette, Comic Ballet, French Peasants, Tambourine, Wooden Shoe Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley, Tambourine, Comic Ballet, Miller and His Wife No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1740 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The School Boy, Peasants, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet, Miller and His Wife No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1740 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay, La Matelote, Would You Taste the Noontide, Nel Pugnar Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The School Boy, Tambourine, The Noon Tide Air, Drunken Peasant, English Captain No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1740 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierots, Le Tambourine, Maggot, Minuet, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The School Boy, Miller and His Wife, Drunken Peasant, Je ne scay quoy No No No £35 1s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Mock Doctor, Wooden Shoe, Comic Ballet, Drunken Peasant No No Yes £158 11s 6d N/A N/A
09 Mar 1741 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Wooden Shoe Dance, Italian Peasants, Kilkenny No No Yes £160 2s N/A N/A
07 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Tragedy of Tragedies, Comic Dance, French Peasants, The Swiss No No Yes £107 9s N/A N/A
08 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Toy Shop, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Peasants Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1741 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £60 N/A N/A
11 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The School Boy, Scotch Dance, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, Matelot Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Rape of Proserpine with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1742 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Tambourine, Chacone, La Provencale No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Mar 1742 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Rape of Proserpine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Mock Doctor, Concerto, Elin A Roon, Le Boufon Yes No Yes £188 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Dragoness, New Comic Dance, Pantaloon and Enamorata, Sailors Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Bumper Squire Jones, Running Footman's Dance, Le Boufon, The Drunken Peasant, The Italian Peasants No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Sep 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Concerto on German flute No No No £79 4s 6d 100% N/A
29 Sep 1742 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Concerto, La Mascarada, Les Matelotes No No No £30 13s 6d N/A N/A
27 Nov 1742 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Les Boufons du Cour, Characters of Dancing, Les Jardiniers Suedois No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Recrue des Houssars No No No £46 19s N/A N/A
26 Jan 1743 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Dutch Skipper, Le Rendezvous Gallant, Les Pasteurs Joueux No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Les Matelotes, Ballet, French Peasant, Minuet, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Serious Ballet, Concerto, La Florana, New Hussar Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, New Comic Ballet, Characters of Dancing, Grand Ballet, Les Boufons du Cour Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1743 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, Tyrolean Dance, Sicilian Peasant Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Sep 1743 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The School Boy, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1743 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Lawyer's Feast, Italian Masquerade No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1744 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1744 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lying Valet, To Arms Britons Strike Home, Scotch Dance No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Rape of Proserpine, Scotch Dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1744 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1744 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1744 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Columbine Courtezan No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1744 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Fortune Tellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1744 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Dec 1744 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Shipwrecked, Grand Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Feb 1745 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1745 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Rosamond, Grand Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Tragedy of Tragedies, Nanny O Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1745 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1745 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Grand Comic Dance No No No £57 7s 100% N/A
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