A New Way to Pay Old Debts (1633)

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
£7,154 2s £5,091 16s 6d (71.2%) £2,062 5s 6d (28.8%)
1732 - 1809
£7,154 2s - (100%) £5,091 16s 6d (71.2%) £2,062 5s 6d (28.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
52 29 23
1732 - 1809
52 29 23
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
16 May 1783 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Comus, Tally Ho!, The Huntsman's Street Hallo No No Yes £202 6d 68% N/A
26 Sep 1783 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Tom Thumb No No No £178 2s 6d 100% N/A
14 Nov 1783 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Fortunatus No No No £118 18s 6d 40% N/A
17 Nov 1783 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Fortunatus No No No £134 14s 6d 46% N/A
04 Dec 1783 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Fortunatus, New Comic Ballet No No No £102 13s 6d 31% N/A
26 Jan 1784 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Harlequin Junior No No No £171 19s 50% N/A
09 Feb 1784 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Harlequin Junior No No No £132 14s 46% N/A
18 Mar 1784 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Harlequin Junior No No No £163 11s 42% N/A
26 May 1784 Drury Lane A New Way To Pay Old Debts, Who's the Dupe, The Jovial Sailors No No Yes £223 6s 6d 31% N/A
27 May 1784 Covent Garden A New Way To Pay Old Debts, The Flitch of Bacon, The Charms of a Camp No No Yes £290 6d N/A N/A