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 %
20 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Captive of Spilburg, Hornpipe No No No £174 9s 42% N/A
13 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Blue Beard No No No £167 1s 42% N/A
22 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Feudal Times No No No £378 12s 65% N/A
24 Sep 1799 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Deserter, Military Manoeuvres, The Dear March, and the Ceremony used in Shooting a Deserter No No No £329 4s 100% N/A
01 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Blue Beard No No No £185 8s 45% N/A
30 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, The Deserter No No No £198 16s 6d 38% N/A
23 Jan 1800 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Lodoiska No No No £188 47% N/A
01 May 1800 Drury Lane The Wheel Of Fortune, Who's the Dupe No Yes No £432 10s 77% N/A
25 Sep 1800 Drury Lane Wheel of Fortune, Children in the Wood No No No £294 10s 100% N/A
21 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, Wilmore Castle No No No £220 6d 51% N/A
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