The Chapter of Accidents (1780)

Author
Sophia Lee
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
£3,207 18s £2,110 3s 6d (65.8%) £1,097 14s 6d (34.2%)
1732 - 1809
£3,207 18s - (100%) £2,110 3s 6d (65.8%) £1,097 14s 6d (34.2%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
25 18 7
1732 - 1809
25 18 7
Notes
First performed at the Haymarket. Based partly on Denis Diderot's 'Le Père de Famille' (1761).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
25 Sep 1795 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, The Deserter No No No £248 3s 6d 100% N/A
14 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The Chapter Of Accidents, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £121 14s 6d 23% N/A
29 May 1800 Covent Garden The Chapter Of Accidents, The Spoiled Child, The Hermione, Old Towler, Black Ey'd Susan, The Fight Off Camperdown No No Yes £410 4s 29% N/A
08 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Chapter of Accidents, The Gentle Shepherd No No Yes £577 4s 6d 80% N/A
15 Oct 1805 Covent Garden The Chapter of Accidents, The Turnpike Gate, Dermot and Kathlane; or, The Irish Wedding No No No £163 18s 45% N/A
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