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 %
19 May 1797 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Don Juan or The Libertine Destroyed No No Yes £339 11s 56% N/A
10 Jun 1797 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Waterman, The Honest Thieves, The Heaving of The Lead, The Storm No No Yes £229 11s 72% N/A
10 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, A Trip to the Nore, My Grandmother, Dance of Sailors, Hornpipe, Minuet No No No £295 4s 66% N/A
14 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, A Trip to the Nore, High Life below Stairs, Minuet, Mock Minuet No No No £209 7s 6d 59% N/A
22 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Blue Beard No No No £335 15s 42% N/A
11 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Humourist No No No £133 11s 6d 32% N/A
26 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Feudal Times No No No £342 12s 68% N/A
09 Feb 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Feudal Times No No No £147 7s 6d 37% N/A
09 May 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Sylvester Daggerwood, The Miser, Orphan Bess the Beggar Girl, The Country Club No No Yes £550 19s 6d 32% N/A
02 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Virgin Unmasked No No Yes £31 14s N/A N/A
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