Fortune's Frolic (1799)

Author
John Till Allingham
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£8,347 £1,726 13s 6d (20.7%) £6,620 6s 6d (79.3%)
1732 - 1809
£8,347 - (100%) £1,726 13s 6d (20.7%) £6,620 6s 6d (79.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
34 7 27
1732 - 1809
34 7 27
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
07 Jun 1805 Covent Garden King Richard the Third, The Shipwrecked Sailor, Fortune's Frolic, The Death of Admiral Benbow, Adventures of a Potatoe Merchant, O Stay Sweet Fair No No Yes £317 5s N/A N/A
13 Jun 1805 Covent Garden The Road to Ruin, Fortune's Frolic No No Yes £487 N/A N/A
12 Oct 1805 Drury Lane The Beaux Stratagem, Fortune's Frolic No No No £167 15s 6d 34% N/A
04 Dec 1805 Covent Garden The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, The Wild Islanders; or, The Court of Pekin, Fortune's Frolicks No No No £167 11s 46% N/A
23 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Travellers; or, Music's Fascination, Fortune's Frolic No No No £422 60% N/A
07 Jun 1806 Drury Lane A Bold Stroke for a Wife, Fortune's Frolic No No Yes £47 8s 6d N/A N/A
02 Oct 1806 Drury Lane The Soldier's Daughter, The Fair Circassian, Fortune's Frolic No No No £223 2s 100% N/A
16 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Travellers, Fortune's Frolic No No No £279 12s 39% N/A
30 May 1807 Covent Garden The Way to Keep Him, Fortune's Frolick No No Yes £360 4s 22% N/A
27 Oct 1807 Drury Lane Time's a Tell-Tale, Fortune's Frolic No No No £251 5s 6d N/A N/A
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