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 %
29 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Blue Beard No No No £193 17s 6d 55% N/A
20 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Blue Beard No No No £183 6d 27% N/A
01 Jan 1800 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Lodoiska No No No £205 11s 6d 57% N/A
27 Mar 1800 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Two Strings to Your Bow, Minuet No Yes No £353 14s 59% N/A
16 Jun 1800 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Shipwreck, Crazy Jane No No Yes £82 11s 6d N/A N/A
19 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Robinson Crusoe, Half an Hour after Supper No No No £117 12s 32% N/A
11 Feb 1801 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, Our Dancing Days, My Grandmother No No No £140 12s 33% N/A
28 May 1801 Drury Lane Belles Stratagem, Katherine and Petruchio No No Yes £232 6s 42% N/A
15 Oct 1801 Drury Lane The Belle's Stratagem, The Deserter No No No £143 9s 38% N/A
05 Jan 1803 Drury Lane Belle's Strategem, Love & Magic No No No £355 13s 54% N/A
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