The Country Wife (1675)

Author
William Wycherley
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
£946 17s 6d £517 4s 6d (54.6%) £429 13s (45.4%)
1732 - 1809
£946 17s 6d - (100%) £517 4s 6d (54.6%) £429 13s (45.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
62 37 25
1732 - 1809
62 37 25
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
09 Feb 1739 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Dragon of Wantley, Serious Dance, Peasant, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1739 Drury Lane The Country Wife, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Serious Dance, Pierots, Russian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Country Wife, Harlequin Shipwreckd, La Provencale, Tambourine, Turkish Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1739 Drury Lane The Country Wife, Colombine Courtezan, French Peasants, Ballet, Grand Ballet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1740 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Tragedy of Tragedies, English Captain, La Pieraite, Le Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Country Wife, Robin Goodfellow, Shepherds and Shepherdesses, The Early Horn, Grand Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Fortune Tellers With A Voyage to the Island of Cytherea, La Tambourin, L'Allamande, Matelot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1741 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Grand Ballet, Noon Tide Air, La Matelote, La Tambourine, The Happy Pair No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 May 1741 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Blow Blow, Le Matelote, If Love be a Fault, The Noontide Air, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1741 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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