The Dragon of Wantley (1737)

Author
Henry Carey
Composer
John Frederick Lampe
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£8,836 6s £5,331 3s (60.3%) £3,505 3s (39.7%)
1732 - 1809
£8,836 6s - (100%) £5,331 3s (60.3%) £3,505 3s (39.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
195 154 41
1732 - 1809
195 154 41
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
20 May 1763 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantly, Hornpipe, The French Gardeners No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1767 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Dragon of Wantly, At Totterdown Hill, Double Hornpipe, The Wapping Landlady, Cymon And Iphigenia Yes No Yes £245 16s 6d N/A N/A
18 May 1767 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Dragon of Wantly, New Pantomime Ballet, The Wapping Landlady Yes No Yes £209 6d N/A N/A
25 May 1767 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Dragon of Wantly, New Tambourine, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £219 12s 6d N/A N/A
22 Oct 1767 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Dragon of Wantly, New Comic Dance No No No £172 18s N/A N/A
18 Nov 1767 Covent Garden The Roman Father, The Dragon of Wantly, The Dutch Milkmaid No No No £241 14s N/A N/A
03 Dec 1767 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Dragon of Wantly, New Comic Dance, The Irish Lilt No No No £158 7s 6d N/A N/A
11 Feb 1768 Covent Garden Philaster, The Dragon of Wantly, The Sicilian Peasants, The Irish Lilt No Yes No £230 6s N/A N/A
25 Nov 1768 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantly, The Merry Sailors No No No £151 9s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1768 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Dragon of Wantly No No No £125 16s N/A N/A
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