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

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 May 1754 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The King and the Miller, Hornpipe (to tune of Ali Croaker) No No Yes £210 N/A N/A
16 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Schoolboy No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Lover His Own Rival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Double Disappointment No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The King and Miller No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1755 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1755 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1755 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Miss in Her Teens, Comic Entertainment No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1755 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Anatomist, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
09 May 1755 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Schoolboy, Italian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A