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 %
16 Dec 1773 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Genii Yes No No £140 10s 6d 48% N/A
04 Jan 1774 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Sylphs No No No £174 4s N/A N/A
18 May 1774 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Padlock, Minuets, The Wapping Landlady, Cotillons, Sixfold Hornpipe No No Yes £262 11s 6d 47% N/A
11 Nov 1774 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Election, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair Yes No No £135 13s 6d N/A N/A
12 Nov 1774 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1775 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, St Patrick's Day, New Comic Dance, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1775 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, Bon Ton, The Merry Peasants Yes No No £200 19s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1776 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Jubilee No No No £181 7s N/A N/A
05 Nov 1776 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, A Christmas Tale No No No £179 11s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Padlock, The Merry Sailors No No No £133 1s 6d 42% N/A
29 Nov 1776 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Citizen, Pastoral Dance No No No £107 5s 6d 42% N/A
19 Dec 1776 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Waterman, The Irish Fair No No Yes £165 37% N/A
20 Mar 1777 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Milesian No No No £233 11s 49% N/A
05 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Bon Ton, The Chaconne, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £183 1s 6d 50% N/A
28 May 1777 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, St Helena or The Isle of Love, Hornpipe No No Yes £276 17s 100% N/A
30 Sep 1778 Covent Garden The Wives Revenged, The Provok'd Husband, Rose and Colin, The Merry Sailors No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1778 Covent Garden Annette And Lubin, The Provok'd Husband, The Wives Revenged No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1779 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Touchstone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1779 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Liverpool Prize No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1779 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Critic No No No £161 4s 67% N/A
20 Jan 1780 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Fortunatus No No No £208 1s N/A N/A
15 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Artifice No No No £79 19s 6d 32% N/A
26 Oct 1780 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Bon Ton, The Force of Love No No No £157 16s 6d 51% N/A
09 Dec 1780 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Queen Mab, The Irish Fair No No No £86 6s 32% N/A
21 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £245 10s 62% N/A
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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