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 %
01 Feb 1774 Drury Lane The Chances, Miss in Her Teens No No No £246 6d 57% N/A
01 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Chances, The Devil to Pay No No No £263 17s 60% N/A
13 Apr 1774 Drury Lane The Chances, The Lyar, The Irish Fair No Yes Yes £249 9s 6d N/A N/A
07 Dec 1774 Drury Lane The Chances, The Deserter No Yes No £270 4s N/A N/A
15 Dec 1774 Drury Lane The Chances, The Cobler No No No £244 10s N/A N/A
04 Dec 1777 Drury Lane The Chances, A Christmas Tale, Dance of Evil Spirits No No No £153 11s 6d 50% N/A
31 Oct 1778 Drury Lane The Chances, The Camp No No No £167 17s N/A N/A
01 Feb 1779 Drury Lane The Chances, The Wonders of Derbyshire No No No £158 12s N/A N/A
26 May 1779 Drury Lane The Chances, The Lyar, Hornpipe No No Yes £280 3s 6d 100% N/A
11 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Chances, The Mirror No No No £160 2s 56% N/A
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