The Chances (1617)

Author
John Fletcher
Author
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham (1682)
Author
David Garrick (1773)
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
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
£12,975 2s 6d £3,375 2s (26%) £9,600 6d (74%)
1732 - 1809
£12,975 2s 6d - (100%) £3,375 2s (26%) £9,600 6d (74%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
84 24 60
1732 - 1809
84 24 60
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Chances, The Apprentice No No No £190 N/A N/A
03 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Chances, The Apprentice No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
13 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Chances, The Upholsterer Yes No No £120 76% N/A
22 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Chances, A Trip to Scotland, The Sailors' Revels, Lincos Travels No No Yes £161 6d 43% N/A
21 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The Chances, A Trip to Scotland Yes Yes No £256 12s 64% N/A
26 Apr 1773 Drury Lane The Chances, The Padlock No No No £232 3s 6d 71% N/A
05 May 1773 Drury Lane The Chances, The Wedding Ring, The Nosegay Yes No No £212 8s 49% N/A
20 May 1773 Drury Lane The Chances, The Pigmy Revels Yes No No £224 13s 80% N/A
15 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Chances, The Mayor of Garratt, The Mountaineers No No No £232 17s 6d 65% N/A
17 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Chances, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No Yes No £255 1s 58% N/A
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