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 %
06 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley, Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley, Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Feb 1738 Covent Garden King Henry The Fifth, The Dragon of Wantley, Grand Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1738 Covent Garden King John, The Dragon of Wantley, Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1738 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Dragon of Wantley, Chancon a Boire, Grand Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, The Dragon of Wantley, Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Mar 1738 Covent Garden The False Friend, The Dragon of Wantley, French Peasant, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1738 Covent Garden Oedipus King Of Thebes, The Dragon of Wantley, Grand Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Dragon of Wantley, Two Pierrots, French Peasant, Grand Ballet, Scots Dance, Two Tambourines Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Fair Quaker Of Deal, The Dragon of Wantley, Two Pierrots, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Dragon of Wantley, French Peasant, French Peasant, New Pantomime Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Dragon of Wantley, Clown, French Sailors, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The False Friend, The Dragon of Wantley, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1738 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Dragon of Wantley, Punch, Polonese No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Sep 1738 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1738 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1738 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1738 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1738 Covent Garden The Fair Quaker Of Deal, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1738 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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