The Belle's Stratagem (1782)

Author
Hannah Cowley
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
£29,996 3s £17,984 19s (60%) £12,011 4s (40%)
1732 - 1809
£29,996 3s - (100%) £17,984 19s (60%) £12,011 4s (40%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
139 89 50
1732 - 1809
139 89 50
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Mar 1793 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Prize No No No £277 10s 55% N/A
10 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Highland Reel, When in War on the Ocean No No No £193 16s 6d 100% N/A
10 Feb 1794 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Oscar And Malvina, Irish Pipes, Old Towler, Harp No Yes No £511 8s 100% N/A
24 May 1794 Covent Garden The Fall Of Martinico Or Britannia Triumphant, The Belle's Stratagem, The Highland Reel, Minuet, Old Towler, Sally in Our Alley No No Yes £249 8s 6d 20% N/A
24 Jan 1795 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Hercules and Omphale No No No £125 13s 45% N/A
13 May 1796 Drury Lane Love And Money, The Belle's Stratagem, No Song No Supper, Thro' the Wood Laddie No No Yes £155 11s 6d N/A N/A
30 May 1796 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Follies of a Day, The Purse, Ally Croker, Listen to the Voice of Love No No Yes £142 15s 6d N/A N/A
09 Jun 1796 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Sultan, Whither, My Love, Ah! Whither Art Thou Fled?, Ah che nel petto io sento, Ally Croker, From Shades of Night, This Fond Sorrow No No Yes £678 10s 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1796 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £268 2s 6d 68% N/A
16 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, No Song No Supper, The Scotch Ghost No No No £151 8s 25% N/A
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