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
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