The Provoked Husband; or, A Journey to London (1728)

Author
Colley Cibber
Author
Sir John Vanbrugh
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
£36,316 2s 6d £16,102 15s 6d (44.3%) £20,213 7s (55.7%)
1732 - 1809
£36,316 2s 6d - (100%) £16,102 15s 6d (44.3%) £20,213 7s (55.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
410 210 200
1732 - 1809
410 210 200
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Provoked Husband, The Choice of Harlequin No No No £216 10s 62% N/A
26 Jan 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £192 5s 6d 50% N/A
02 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £159 4s 6d 45% N/A
07 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Robinson Crusoe No No No £159 14s 6d 53% N/A
19 Feb 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Quaker, The Distress'd Lovers No No No £101 3s 6d 32% N/A
11 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Robinson Crusoe No No No £114 17s 6d 35% N/A
30 May 1782 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, All the Worlds a Stage, The Irish Fair No No Yes £204 6s 100% N/A
18 Sep 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Catherine and Petruchio, A Dramatic Oglio No No No £98 16s 100% N/A
09 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Too Civil by Half, The Irish Fair No No No £93 4s 29% N/A
13 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Best Bidder No No No £97 11s 34% N/A
30 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £218 11s 51% N/A
21 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £112 37% N/A
03 Feb 1784 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Harlequin Junior, Real Air Balloon No No No £156 12s 49% N/A
18 Sep 1784 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, All the Worlds a Stage, The Sportsmen's Return No No No £127 19s 100% N/A
29 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £54 10s 6d N/A N/A
08 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £135 10s 6d N/A N/A
20 May 1785 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Lyar, Minuet de la Cour, Hornpipe No No Yes £220 18s 6d N/A N/A
07 Dec 1785 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Jubilee No No No £229 1s 6d 54% N/A
04 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Omai No No No £231 15s 46% N/A
08 Feb 1786 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Country Wife No No No £167 4s 36% N/A
27 May 1786 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Nunnery, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £321 4s 10% N/A
02 Jun 1786 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Catherine and Petruchio, The Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £231 18s 6d 30% N/A
26 Jan 1787 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Hob in the Well No No No £238 5s 6d 64% N/A
07 Feb 1787 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Poor Soldier No No No £211 18s 6d 60% N/A
12 Feb 1787 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Enchanted Castle No Yes No £316 8s 68% N/A
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