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 %
10 Jun 1805 Covent Garden The Wheel of Fortune, The Shipwrecked Sailor, Raising the Wind, I'se Yorkshire Too, The Storm, A comic song, The Thorn No No Yes £348 11s N/A N/A
25 Sep 1805 Covent Garden The Wheel of Fortune, The Jew and the Doctor, Dermot and Kathlane; or, The Irish Wedding No No No £344 15s 100% N/A
26 Oct 1805 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, The Devil to Pay No No No £120 8s 30% N/A
18 Nov 1805 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, Nelson's Victory, The Weathercock No No No £216 10s 6d 41% N/A
06 Dec 1805 Covent Garden The Wheel of Fortune, The Wild Islanders; or, The Court of Pekin, The Follies of a Day No No No £139 17s 29% N/A
27 Mar 1806 Covent Garden The Wheel of Fortune, We Fly by Night No No No £273 12s 40% N/A
08 Apr 1806 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, The Forty Thieves No No No £444 6s 6d 66% N/A
22 Apr 1806 Covent Garden The Wheel of Fortune, We Fly by Night No No No £135 10s 23% N/A
04 Dec 1806 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz No No No £172 9s 6d 45% N/A
05 Jan 1807 Covent Garden Wheel of Fortune, Mother Goose No No No £418 12s 63% N/A
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