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 %
20 Oct 1753 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Englishman in Paris No No No £190 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1753 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1754 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Fortunatus No No No £110 N/A N/A
27 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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
21 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Lover His Own Rival No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1756 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Cheats of Scapin Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1756 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Englishman Returnd from Paris, Fingalian Dance, Les Statues Animees No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1756 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Miller of Mansfield, Fingalian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1756 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Oracle, Hornpipe No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
21 Oct 1756 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, Harlequin Skeleton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1756 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Taste Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1757 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, A Duke and no Duke, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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