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 %
12 Jan 1740 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Perseus and Andromeda, Tambourine, Grand Dance in Momus, Miller and His Wife No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Parting Lovers, Miller and His Wife, Carousal, Comic Ballet, French Boy and Girl, Grand Ballet, Trio Jovial No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1740 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Fortune Tellers, Tambourine, Voyage to the Island of Cytherea, Wooden Shoes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1740 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Mock Doctor, Miller and Wife, The Swiss No No No £62 13s 100% N/A
28 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband No No No £57 9s N/A N/A
12 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Dragon of Wantley, Miller and Wife, Le Bergeres Fidelle, The Yorkshire Maggot No No Yes £77 19s 6d N/A N/A
17 Jan 1741 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Mars and Venus, Tyrolean Dance No No No £59 14s N/A N/A
02 Feb 1741 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Les Massons, Les Matelotes, Les Sabotiers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1741 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Fortune Tellers, French Peasants, La Tambourin Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1741 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, French Peasant, English Peasants, Louvre, Minuet, Scots Dance, Serious Ballet No Yes Yes £172 1s N/A N/A
28 May 1741 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Mock Doctor, Blow Blow, Minuet, The March in Zara, Le Tambourine, Revenge Timotheus Cries, The Noontide Air No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1741 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £80 100% N/A
28 Sep 1741 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Necromancer or Harlequin Doctor Faustus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1741 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Harlots Progress, The Early Horn, Sailors Dance, Ballet, Happy Pair No No No £70 N/A N/A
19 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1741 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Orpheus and Eurydice Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1741 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Royal Chace, Les Allemands Joyeux, La Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Orpheus and Eurydice No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1742 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Chacone, La Provencale, Rural Assembly Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1742 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Honest Yorkshireman, La Provencale, Chacone, The Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Dragon of Wantley, Chacone, Under the Greenwood Tree, The Cries of London, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1742 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Dutch Dance, Ellen A Roon, Happy Pair, Hornpipe No No Yes £80 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1742 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London, Concerto No No No £92 6s 6d N/A N/A
09 Feb 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Toyshop, Characters of Dancing, Dutch Skipper No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Rape of Proserpine, New Comic Dance, Le Rendezvous Gallant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The School Boy, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Jan 1744 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1744 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London, The Mock Doctor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1744 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Amorous Goddess No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1744 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Lying Valet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1744 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1744 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Amorous Goddess Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1744 Covent Garden The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1744 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Fortune Tellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1744 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Harlequin Shipwrecked No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1744 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1745 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1745 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Gentle Shepherd, Serious Dance, Turkish Dance, Vo Solcando No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, Tragedy of Tragedies Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1745 Covent Garden The Provoked Husband, Flora, Scotch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jun 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The School Boy Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Sep 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London, Colin And Phebe Yes No No £76 4s 100% N/A
08 Nov 1745 Covent Garden The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London, Pyramus and Thisbe Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor, Grand Comic Dance, Stand Around, My Brave Boys No No No £54 8s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Lottery, Grand Comic Dance, The Subscription No No No £50 9s N/A N/A
10 Jan 1746 Covent Garden The Provoked Husband, The Royal Chace, The English Hero's Welcome Home Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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