The School for Wives (1773)

Author
Hugh Kelly
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
£10,129 19s £4,656 15s 6d (46%) £5,473 3s 6d (54%)
1732 - 1809
£10,129 19s - (100%) £4,656 15s 6d (46%) £5,473 3s 6d (54%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
44 16 28
1732 - 1809
44 16 28
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 May 1774 Drury Lane The School For Wives, A Trip to Scotland, Imitations No No Yes £128 14s 6d 63% N/A
12 Oct 1774 Drury Lane The School For Wives, The Meeting of the Company, The Elopement Yes No No £114 2s 6d N/A N/A
03 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The School For Wives, Harlequin's Jacket No No No £184 14s N/A N/A
09 Feb 1775 Drury Lane The School For Wives, The Rival Candidates, Grand Provencalle Dance Yes No No £178 5s 6d N/A N/A
03 Apr 1775 Drury Lane The School For Wives, The Ladies' Frolick, The Force of Love, The Grand Provencalle Dance No No Yes £170 3s 6d N/A N/A
11 May 1775 Drury Lane The School For Wives, The Padlock, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £128 8s N/A N/A
17 Apr 1776 Drury Lane The School For Wives, Bon Ton, The Savage Hunters No No Yes £57 4s 6d N/A N/A
02 May 1777 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Clock Case or Female Curiosity, Midas, The Humours of Leixlip No No Yes £187 1s 60% N/A
11 May 1782 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Touchstone, Humours of Newmarket, Tally Ho!, The Poney Races No No Yes £228 10s 55% N/A
16 Apr 1787 Covent Garden The School For Wives, Annette and Lubin, The Stage Coach or Inn in an Uproar, Mother Shipton's Review of the Audience No No Yes £324 1s 48% N/A
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