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 %
21 Sep 1784 Covent Garden The Chances, The Poor Soldier No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1785 Drury Lane The Chances, The Caldron or Pantomimical Olio No No No £205 7s N/A N/A
03 Nov 1785 Drury Lane The Chances, Arthur and Emmeline, The Market Day No No No £95 2s 38% N/A
31 May 1786 Drury Lane The Chances, The Lyar, The Lucky Return No No Yes £249 4s 6d 52% N/A
27 Oct 1786 Drury Lane The Chances, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £138 19s 42% N/A
27 Nov 1786 Drury Lane The Chances, Richard Coeur de Lion No No No £182 13s 6d 43% N/A
08 Jun 1787 Drury Lane The Chances, The Quaker, The Lucky Return No No Yes £284 1s 6d 24% N/A
13 Sep 1788 Drury Lane The Chances, The Waterman No No No £112 3s 6d 100% N/A
31 Oct 1788 Drury Lane The Chances, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £97 13s 6d 31% N/A
01 Jun 1791 Covent Garden The Chances, Love in a Camp, The Wapping Landlady, The Group of Lovers No No Yes £242 1s 6d 72% N/A
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