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 %
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
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