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 %
16 Dec 1796 Covent Garden The School For Wives, Cymon No No No £79 12s 6d 28% N/A
22 May 1797 Covent Garden The Village Fete, The School for Wives, Oscar and Malvina, The Sea Storm, Imitations, Black Ey'd Susan, Cease Rude Boreas Blust'ring Railer, Come Every Jovial Fellow, O Ever in My Bosom Live No No Yes £326 6d 30% N/A
10 May 1800 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Honest Thieves, The Soldier's Festival, Black Ey'd Susan, The Bull and Boat; or, Law! Law! Law!, The Snug Little Island, Whims & Fancies; or, Patches from Harlequin's Jacket No No Yes £206 15s 30% N/A
04 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The School For Wives, The Maid of the Mill No No Yes £420 13s 24% N/A
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