The Wheel of Fortune (1795)

Author
Richard Cumberland
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
£20,138 10s 6d £3,800 12s 6d (18.9%) £16,337 18s (81.1%)
1732 - 1809
£20,138 10s 6d - (100%) £3,800 12s 6d (18.9%) £16,337 18s (81.1%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
76 17 59
1732 - 1809
76 17 59
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Apr 1797 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Lodoiska No No No £195 9s 51% N/A
30 May 1797 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Spoiled Child, The Scotch Ghost No No Yes £430 19s 63% N/A
30 Sep 1797 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Children in the Wood No No No £315 19s 6d 100% N/A
08 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £175 4s 27% N/A
07 Dec 1797 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Irish Widow No No No £150 6s 40% N/A
12 Jan 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Who's the Dupe No No No £87 1s 6d 25% N/A
16 Feb 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Blue Beard No No No £237 17s 6d 48% N/A
09 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Blue Beard No No No £327 6d 100% N/A
25 Oct 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Blue Beard No No No £188 10s 38% N/A
12 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Blue Beard No No No £299 5s 45% N/A
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