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 %
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
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