The Capricious Lady (1783)

Author
William Cooke
Composer
Michael Arne
Author
Francis Beaumont
Author
John Fletcher
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
£2,213 11s £2,213 11s (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£2,213 11s - (100%) £2,213 11s (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
11 11 0
1732 - 1809
11 11 0
Notes
Altered from Beaumont and Fletcher's 'The Scornful Lady' (c.1616).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, Rosina, The Belle of the Village No No No £228 4s 6d 59% N/A
20 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £298 5s 52% N/A
22 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £210 17s 60% N/A
24 Jan 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £207 3s 62% N/A
07 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £212 17s 6d 65% N/A
12 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, The Sultan No No Yes £246 15s N/A N/A
21 Feb 1783 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, The Sultan, The Merry Sailors No No No £192 10s 6d 42% N/A
13 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, The Maid of the Oaks, The Belle of the Village No No No £227 12s 6d 47% N/A
16 Feb 1784 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, The Rival Knights, The Maid of the Oaks No No No £226 11s 64% N/A
26 May 1785 Covent Garden The Capricious Lady, Three Weeks after Marriage, Damon and Musidora No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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