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 %
15 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Chances, The Mirror No No No £154 16s N/A N/A
20 Dec 1779 Covent Garden The Chances, The Touchstone No No No £152 16s 59% N/A
04 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Chances, Harlequin Every where No No No £158 18s 44% N/A
27 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Chances, The Flitch Of Bacon No No No £104 6d 29% N/A
14 Feb 1780 Covent Garden The Chances, The Deaf Lover, The Embarkment for Cytherea No Yes No £262 3s 6d 51% N/A
18 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Chances, The Flitch of Bacon, Catches and Glees, Mad Tom No No Yes £246 13s 6d 51% N/A
24 Oct 1780 Covent Garden The Chances, The Humours of an Election, The Humours of Leixlip No No No £130 6s 6d 53% N/A
03 Jan 1781 Covent Garden The Chances, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £248 5s 74% N/A
10 Mar 1781 Covent Garden The Chances, Thelyphthora No No No £169 10s 41% N/A
05 May 1781 Covent Garden The Farmer's Return From London, The Chances, A Fete, The Padlock No No Yes £154 12s 6d 65% N/A
Download Export