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 %
03 Oct 1781 Covent Garden The Chances, Harlequin Free Mason No No No £159 8s 100% N/A
09 Jan 1782 Covent Garden The Chances, The Choice of Harlequin No Yes No £283 17s 58% N/A
24 Apr 1782 Covent Garden The Chances, The Upholsterer, The Double Surprise No No Yes £122 11s 31% N/A
14 May 1782 Drury Lane The Chances, Linco's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Hornpipe No No Yes £298 19s 19% N/A
26 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The Chances, Too Civil by Half No No No £71 13s 31% N/A
30 May 1783 Drury Lane The Chances, The Rival Candidates, The Devonshire Minuet No No Yes £297 4s 6d 32% N/A
19 Dec 1783 Drury Lane The Chances, Fortunatus No No No £74 18s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jan 1784 Covent Garden The Chances, Friar Bacon No No No £176 3s 40% N/A
15 Apr 1784 Covent Garden The Chances, Tom Thumb, The Belle of the Village No No Yes £168 2s 40% N/A
28 May 1784 Covent Garden The Chances, Poor Vulcan, The Charms of a Camp No No Yes £153 12s 100% N/A
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