Comic Dance ()

Work Type
N/A
Performance Medium
Dance
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
£53,219 8s 6d £23,390 5s 9d (44%) £29,829 2s 9d (56%)
1732 - 1809
£53,219 8s 6d - (100%) £23,390 5s 9d (44%) £29,829 2s 9d (56%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
719 353 366
1732 - 1809
719 353 366
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
13 Dec 1736 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Damon and Phillida, French Peasant, Glover's Scotch Dance, The last New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1737 Covent Garden The Orphan, The School Boy, French Peasant, Glover's Scotch Dance, New Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1737 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, Damon and Phillida, French Peasant, Clown, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1737 Covent Garden The Confederacy, The School Boy, French Peasant, Clown, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Toy Shop, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, French Peasant, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Mock Countess, Comic Dance, Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Walking Statue or The Devil in the Wine Cellar, Comic Dance, As I Saw Fair Clara, Glover's Dance of Sailors, Hornpipe Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1737 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Cheats of Scapin, Crowns of Sweet Roses, Glover's Dance of Sailors, As I Saw Fair Clara, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1737 Covent Garden Volpone, Flora, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Minuet, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1737 Covent Garden All For Love, Damon and Phillida, The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino, Comic Dance, Caelia has a Thousand Charms, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1737 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Country House, Two Pierrots, As I Saw Fair Clara, Comic Dance, Scots Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The London Cuckolds, The Devil to Pay, Clown, Rosy Bowers, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailor, Hippisley's Drunken Man, Since Times Are So Bad No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Devil to Pay, Scots Dance, Comic Dance, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1737 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, Damon and Phillida, The Lady's Lamentation, Clown, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Minuet, The Prince of Wales's Saraband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Plain Dealer, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1737 Covent Garden Wit Without Money, Momus Turn'd Fabulist or Vulcan's Wedding, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Comic Dance, The Lady's Lamentation, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1737 Covent Garden Cymbeline, Comic Dance, Since Times Are So Bad, French Peasant, Grecian Sailors, Minuet, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1737 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, Damon and Phillida, The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino, Hornpipe, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1737 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Mock Lawyer, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, Minuet, Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1737 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, Flora, New Comic Dance, Je ne scai quoi No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1737 Covent Garden The Country Wife, Damon and Phillida, Grecian Sailors, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1737 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The Mock Lawyer, Grecian Sailors, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1737 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Mock Lawyer, Grecian Sailors, New Comic Dance, New Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1737 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Harlots Progress, Saraband, Comic Dance, Minuet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1737 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Harlots Progress, Saraband, Comic Dance, Minuet, Serious Dance, The Flanderkins Yes 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
16 Mar 1738 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Honest Yorkshireman, New Comic Dance, French Peasant, Je ne scai quoi No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Honest Yorkshireman, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1738 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Cobler of Preston, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Life And Death Of King John, The Honest Yorkshireman, Two Pierrots, Water Music, Comic Dance, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Beggar's Wedding, Comic Dance, French Peasant, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Stratagem, Flora, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1738 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Lucky Discovery or The Tanner of York, Comic Dance, French Sailors, Je ne scai quoi Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Pilgrim, The Lucky Discovery, Je ne scai quoi, Ball Dance, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Double Gallant, The Lucky Discovery, Comic Dance, Je ne scai quoy 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
02 May 1738 Covent Garden King Richard The Second, Je ne scai quoy, The Roast Beef of Old England, Comic Dance, French Sailors, Grecian Sailors, Since Times Are So Bad No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1738 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Flora, Comic Dance, French Sailors, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1738 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Mock Lawyer, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, New Pantomime Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1738 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Contrivances, Comic Dance, The Roast Beef of Old England, French Sailors, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoi No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1738 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Beggar's Wedding, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoy, Pantomime Dance, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1738 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Honest Yorkshireman, Serious Dance, Since Times Are So Bad, Comic Dance, Pantomime Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1738 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Honest Yorkshireman, Comic Dance, Chancon a Boire, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoy, Pantomime Dance, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1738 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Virgin Unmasked, Comic Dance, French Peasant, Minuet, The Princess of Saxe Gotha, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1738 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Devil to Pay, Flanderkins, Comic Dance, Two Pierrots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1738 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1738 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The Lucky Discovery, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1738 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Toy Shop, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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