The Artifice (1780)

Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£482 17s 6d £0 (0%) £482 17s 6d (100%)
1732 - 1809
£482 17s 6d - (100%) £0 (0%) £482 17s 6d (100%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
6 0 6
1732 - 1809
6 0 6
Notes
This afterpiece does not seem to bear any relation to Susanna Centlivre's 1722 comedy of the same name.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Artifice No No No £119 8s 6d 53% N/A
15 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Artifice No No No £79 19s 6d 32% N/A
20 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Artifice No No No £132 13s 6d 39% N/A
25 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Inconstant, The Artifice No No No £48 8s 6d 22% N/A
27 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, The Artifice No No No £51 19s 25% N/A
03 May 1780 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Artifice No No Yes £50 8s 6d N/A N/A

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