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
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