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 %
19 Sep 1740 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Dragon of Wantley, Miller and Wife No No No £89 11s 100% N/A
31 Oct 1740 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Dragon of Wantley, Miller and His Wife, Comic Ballet, Drunken Peasant No No No £49 5s 6d N/A N/A
08 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £130 16s 6d N/A N/A
15 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Country Lasses Or The Custom Of The Manor, The Dragon of Wantley, Miller and His Wife, Comic Ballet No No No £86 7s N/A N/A
25 Nov 1740 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Dragon of Wantley, Mars and Venus, The Italian Peasants No Yes No £125 N/A N/A
12 Dec 1740 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Dragon of Wantley, Miller and Wife, Le Bergeres Fidelle, The Yorkshire Maggot No No Yes £77 19s 6d N/A N/A
16 Apr 1741 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Dragon of Wantley, Une Chanson Apres La Maniere Francoise, Les Matelotes, The Cries of London No Yes Yes £112 13s 6d N/A N/A
02 May 1741 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £60 N/A N/A
04 May 1741 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Pierots No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
30 Sep 1741 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantley Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1741 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1742 Covent Garden Cato, The Dragon of Wantley, The Peasants, Chacone, Rigadone Provencale No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1742 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Dragon of Wantley, Chacone, Under the Greenwood Tree, The Cries of London, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1742 Covent Garden The Tender Husband, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Pantaloon and Enamorata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1742 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Rigadone Provencale, Comic Dance, Pantaloon and Enamorata No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1743 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £57 6s 6d N/A N/A
04 Feb 1743 Drury Lane Cato, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £54 7s N/A N/A
08 Feb 1743 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Dragon of Wantley, Concerto No No No £111 16s N/A N/A
07 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Dragon of Wantley, Stella and Flavia, Concerto, Comic Dance, Bumper Squire Jones Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Neopolitan Punch, La Florana No No No £64 5s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Dragon of Wantley, Sicilian Peasant, Italian Gardeners No No No £27 10s 6d N/A N/A
05 May 1743 Drury Lane Cato, The Dragon of Wantley, La Florana, Bumper Squire Jones, New concerto on violoncello No Yes Yes £17 1s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1743 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Dragon of Wantley, Tyrolean Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1745 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1745 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Dragon of Wantley Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1745 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Feb 1745 Drury Lane The Committee, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1745 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Dragon of Wantley, Shepherds Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1745 Drury Lane Richard III, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1746 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Dragon of Wantley, Pigmalion, Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Wild Goose Chase, The Dragon of Wantley No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
09 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Wild Goose Chase, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £40 33% N/A
10 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Artful Husband, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £50 53% N/A
12 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £120 54% N/A
14 Mar 1747 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Dragon of Wantley Yes No Yes £170 N/A N/A
16 Mar 1747 Drury Lane King John, The Dragon of Wantley No No Yes £60 N/A N/A
17 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Miser, The Dragon of Wantley Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
19 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantley No No Yes £80 N/A N/A
21 Mar 1747 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Dragon of Wantley, Rise Glory Rise, Comic Dance Yes No Yes £185 N/A N/A
28 Mar 1747 Drury Lane Julius Caesar With The Death Of Brutus And Cassius, The Dragon of Wantley, The Blithest Bird No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
02 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, The Dragon of Wantley, Minuet, Grand Comic Dance, Sailors Dance No No Yes £90 N/A N/A
06 Apr 1747 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £30 35% N/A
09 Apr 1747 Drury Lane Theodosius, The Dragon of Wantley No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1747 Drury Lane The Fine Lady's Airs, The Dragon of Wantley No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
03 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Dragon of Wantly, The Gondoliers, Dutch Dance No No No £105 15s 6d 100% N/A
11 Dec 1747 Drury Lane Othello, The Dragon of Wantly Yes No No £132 12s N/A N/A
21 Dec 1747 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Dragon of Wantly No No No £180 11s 6d 100% N/A
07 Jan 1748 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Dragon of Wantly, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, Savoyards No No No £94 19s 6d N/A N/A
16 Jan 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Dragon of Wantly No No No £176 5s 6d N/A N/A
05 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Dragon of Wantly Yes No No £151 16s 6d N/A N/A
12 Feb 1748 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Dragon of Wantly, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, Hymen's Temple No No No £110 15s 100% N/A
12 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Dragon of Wantly No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
17 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Dragon of Wantly Yes No No £163 6s N/A N/A
16 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Foundling, The Dragon of Wantly, Tambourine, Comic Dance, Dutch Dance No No No £118 11s N/A N/A
26 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Dragon of Wantly, Tambourine, Dutch Dance, Savoyards Yes No No £86 4s N/A N/A
29 Apr 1748 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Dragon of Wantly, Pastoral Dance, Les Characters de la Dance, Savoyards Yes No Yes £107 N/A N/A
20 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Dragon of Wantly, The Gondoliers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Dragon of Wantly, The Gondoliers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Dragon of Wantly, Go Rose, The Gondoliers, Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures, The Prince Unable to Conceal His Pain No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1751 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Dragon of Wantly, La Paisane, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Zara, The Dragon of Wantly, Grand Dutch Dance, Ellen Aroon, Grand Scots Ballet, Louvre, Minuet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jan 1753 Covent Garden The Tragical History Of King Richard III, The Dragon of Wantley, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Dragon of Wantley, Hornpipe, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Miser, The Dragon of Wantly, The Pedlar Tricked No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Dragon of Wantly, Les Sabotiers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1762 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Dragon of Wantly, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1762 Covent Garden Alls Well That Ends Well, The Dragon of Wantly, The Pedlar Tricked, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1762 Covent Garden Every Man In His Humour, The Dragon of Wantly, The Sicilian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Dragon of Wantly, Hornpipe, La Provenciale Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1763 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Dragon of Wantly, Ah se un cor barbaro, The Sicilian Peasants, Nymphs and Shepherds No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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
25 Sep 1769 Covent Garden George Barnwell, The Dragon of Wantly, Rural Love No No No £203 10s 6d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1769 Covent Garden The Inconstant, The Dragon of Wantly, The Lamplighters No No No £65 16s N/A N/A
13 Oct 1769 Covent Garden Man And Wife, The Dragon of Wantly, Pageant exhibiting the characters of Shakespeare, Concerto on hautboy, Representation of the Amphitheatre at Stratford upon Avon, with Masquerade, The Allemande No No Yes £133 13s N/A N/A
31 Oct 1769 Covent Garden Man And Wife, The Dragon of Wantly, Pageant exhibiting the characters of Shakespeare, Concerto on hautboy, Representation of the Amphitheatre at Stratford upon Avon, with Masquerade, The Allemande No No No £171 3s N/A N/A
22 Jan 1770 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Dragon of Wantly, The Lamplighters No No No £197 6s 6d N/A N/A
16 May 1770 Covent Garden King Henry V, The Dragon of Wantly, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £143 12s N/A N/A
07 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Prince Of Agra, The Dragon of Wantly, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £202 1s 6d 30% N/A
16 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Dragon of Wantly No No Yes £178 5s 6d 53% N/A
21 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Revenge, The Dragon of Wantly No No Yes £162 10s 6d 56% N/A
03 May 1774 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Dragon of Wantly No No Yes £179 8s N/A N/A
06 May 1774 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Dragon of Wantly, The Frolick No No Yes £198 13s 6d 18% N/A
16 May 1774 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Dragon of Wantly, Minuet No No Yes £170 16s 6d 57% N/A
18 Mar 1782 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Dragon of Wantley, Palamon and Lavinia No No Yes £277 11s 6d 51% N/A
09 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Dragon of Wantley, The Gala, The Early Horn, Auld Robin Grey, The Lamentation of Mary Queen of Scots No No Yes £278 7s 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Walloons, The Dragon of Wantley No No No £171 14s 57% N/A
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