A Bold Stroke for a Husband (1783)

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
£5,555 19s 6d £5,404 14s (97.3%) £151 5s 6d (2.7%)
1732 - 1809
£5,555 19s 6d - (100%) £5,404 14s (97.3%) £151 5s 6d (2.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
29 28 1
1732 - 1809
29 28 1
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
29 May 1795 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke For A Husband, Doctor Lasts Examination before the College of Physicians, The Poor Sailor or Little Ben and Little Bob, Double Hornpipe, Black Eyed Susan No No Yes £253 6s 6d 31% N/A
01 Jun 1803 Drury Lane Bold Stroke for a Husband, Lodoiska No No Yes £151 5s 6d N/A N/A
01 May 1804 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke for a Husband, The Rival Soldiers, Mistake Upon Mistake No No Yes £586 6s 47% N/A
27 May 1806 Covent Garden A Bold Stroke for a Husband, The Hunter of the Alps No No Yes £196 13s 6d 22% N/A
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