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
£25,255 £15,881 19s (62.9%) £9,373 1s (37.1%)
1732 - 1809
£25,255 - (100%) £15,881 19s (62.9%) £9,373 1s (37.1%)
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 %
22 Feb 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Tom Thumb, The Caledonian Shepherds No No No £182 13s 6d 54% N/A
01 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £228 5s 59% N/A
06 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £184 9s 58% N/A
13 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Deaf Lover, Bacchus and Ariadne No No No £102 14s N/A N/A
27 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, Harlequin Free Mason No No Yes £235 N/A N/A
03 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £277 1s 6d 69% N/A
07 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, A Fete, Tom Thumb No No Yes £278 18s 56% N/A
27 Apr 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, A Fete, Poor Vulcan, When Phoebus the Tops of the Hills Did Adorn No No Yes £159 2s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Flitch of Bacon, Minuet de la Cour en Quatre, St. David's Day, The Humours of New Market, Minuet, New Pastoral Dance, The Poney Races No No Yes £296 11s 50% N/A
19 Sep 1781 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Marriage Act No No No £157 13s 100% N/A
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